Artspartners of Central Illinois, Inc. 2008-2009 Annual Report

ONETOGETHER CITY IN THE ARTS ONE CITY TOGETHER IN THE ARTS ONE CITY TOGETHER IN THE ARTS

OUR MISSION STAFF, OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS MEDIA SATURATION ARTS AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY

Founded in 1999, ArtsPartners of Central STAFF Throughout 2008-2009 ArtsPartners deployed a ArtsPartners Website: The ArtsPartners website Illinois is a 501c3 tax-exempt, not-for-profit Suzette Boulais, Executive Director full cross-media campaign – including television, served as a key resource for comprehensive, user- organization that is dedicated to building Carolyn Kenny, Administrative Assistant radio, print, news media, and online that: friendly, up-to-the-minute arts and cultural awareness and economic viability of the arts by Nancy Schweitzer, Administrative Assistant information about all the arts playing in the - brands Peoria and Central Illinois as an arts Peoria area. Visits to the ArtsPartners website • facilitating collaborative initiatives among arts VOLUNTEERS capital of the Midwest averaged 2,500 hits a month and 30,000 a year. organizations and other entities Barb Kenny, Web Calendar - promotes area arts and cultural events • expanding audiences Carol McGuire, Artist’s Rendering including exhibits and performances ArtsPartners Calendar of Events: Published • acting as a liaison and coordinator of arts Gretchen Shearer, Online E-Newsletter - links these events to the websites and a hard-copy ArtsPartners Calendar of Events, information and resources calendars of major arts, educational, which is distributed to area hotels each month • expanding educational opportunities OFFICERS commercial, and governmental institutions to ensure area visitors are well aware of all the • encouraging public participation. Tory Jennetten, President arts playing in the area every day. Ann Johnston Rea, Vice President In total, our in-kind donations from our media ArtsPartners realizes its mission by Deborah Totten, Secretary partners over the past year exceeded $400,000. ArtsChecks: Increased distribution and use of developing and implementing community- Henry Balfanz, Treasurer Some of our media partners include: ArtsPartners ARTSChecks Gift Certificates as a wide arts marketing activities; by facilitating method for building new audiences for the arts. collaborations among the arts organizations; BOARD MEMBERS WTVP-TV for showcasing the creative work of For better convenience, ArtsChecks are available by creating and nurturing partnerships with Gin Burwitz our regional arts organizations and for producing on the ArtsPartners ArtsTix online ticket sales the business community, the media, local Emily Ferrell public service assets that promote upcoming page and can be purchased with a credit card. agencies, and educational institutions; Barbara Hartnett arts events with state-wide appeal and by offering professional development Jeffrey Huberman WMBD-TV/Fox 43 for directing viewers to our Online Ticket Sales: Accessible through the seminars to representatives from Jeremy Kellem website as an arts information resource highly interactive ArtsPartners website, this the arts community. Brooke Leverton WCBU 89.9 FM for hosting our weekly Hidden sophisticated but easy-to-use ArtsTix page Maryann Morrison Treasures series that focuses on local public arts continues to revolutionize individual buying The City of Peoria and the Peoria Civic Center James Polk “jewels” in our community for all the ArtsPartners and their patrons. High Authority have committed 2.5 percent of the Jonathan Wright WCBU 89.9 FM for its weekly Out and About impact sales have attracted new younger- collected restaurant tax to ArtsPartners as an series that engages local arts representatives in demographic audiences whose buying habits economic investment, recognizing that a rich discussions about upcoming arts events and access to information is defined by the cultural environment is an economic benefit to WOAM 1350 AM (until its cancelation last fall) online culture. To date, over 2,400 tickets have the entire Peoria area. for its Friday morning interviews with our area been sold through the website generating arts and culture representatives who discussed $32,000 in seats sold for nearly two dozen arts upcoming arts events groups. Some of the groups who have utilized The Peoria Journal Star for the special, our online service include Central Illinois Youth discounted advertising rate negotiated by Symphony, Community Children’s Theatre, Fine ArtsPartners that provides a dedicated group Arts Society, Heritage Ensemble, Morton Civic block for arts organizations that advertise in the Chorus, Old-time Piano League, Opera Illinois paper’s Thursday Cue section League, Peoria Area World Affairs Council, The Peoria Times-Observer for the Artist’s Peoria Area Civic Chorale, Peoria Art Guild, RENDERING series that profiles Peoria area Peoria Park District, Peoria Pops Orchestra, and artists, arts leaders, and arts patrons Three Sisters Folk Art. The Morton Times-Observer for its Artist’s RENDERING series which focuses on Morton area artists, arts leaders and arts enthusiasts

Mission, Staff, Officers Media Saturation, Arts Partnerships, Development Income and Photo Mission, Staff, Officers Media Saturation, Arts Partnerships, Development Income and Photo & Board Members Awareness & Visibility and Funding Expense FIgures Gallery & Board Members Awareness & Visibility and Funding Expense FIgures Gallery ONE CITY TOGETHER IN THE ARTS ONE CITY TOGETHER IN THE ARTS

ARTS AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY EDUCATION & COMMUNITY to the state cultural and civic leaders the best PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and brightest of Peoria’s leading artists and arts (continued) PARTNERSHIPS organizations in a dazzling array of programs, Marketing Workshops and Seminars: performances, exhibitions, and guided tours ArtsPartner of the Year: Recognized arts ArtsPartners Educator’s Guide: Published and Throughout the year ArtsPartners produced to every cultural venue in the Greater Peoria philanthropists Dr. George and Norma Distributed to area teachers the 2008-2009 and hosted a series of roundtable discussions, Area. ArtsPartners also acquired extensive Kottemann as our 2008 ArtsPartner of the ArtsPartners Educator’s Guide, a major K-12 workshops, and seminars for representatives professional photographic and video assets Year. Held at the Waterhouse in the heart of resource used for planning arts-related field of the arts community to develop their that completely documented this extraordinary the Warehouse District the award ceremony trips and extra-curricular arts activities. professional skills and strategies. Topics ranged event, giving us archival and promotional was attended by nearly 100 corporate, cultural, from effective marketing techniques to group materials for years to come. educational, and city leaders. Serving the Underserved: To develop new arts advertising, securing legacy gifts, working with patrons by exposing the arts to new audiences, the media, establishing partnerships with ArtsPartners produced “The City As A Stage”, The ART of Structure: Our latest, widely ArtsPartners collaborated with our major the hospitality industry, arts advocacy, and an artistic and musical video based on the Illinois distributed, full-color, public architecture catalog organizations and corporations to treat hundreds packaging the arts to increase local tourism. Arts Alliance/Illinois Arts Council One State continues to enjoy high visibility in key locations of children and underserved clients from various Together In the Arts Conference held at the throughout the community. This stunning United Way programs to free performances and Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria, Illinois on June reference and tour guide establishes and dress rehearsals. This exciting partnership is a 1 and 2, 2009. The montage includes excerpts FUNDING DIVERSIFICATION showcases Peoria as an astonishingly culturally very effective short-term strategy for increasing from a speech made by guest presenter James rich center with historical and contemporary attendance at current cultural events as well Early of the Smithsonian Institute along ArtsPartners diversified its funding through traditions of architecture available to citizens as a highly sustainable long-term strategy for with welcoming remarks by Peoria Mayor Jim successful grant applications to enhance and and tourists alike. It complements our existing building an entire new, aggressively diverse Ardis. Local artists, musicians and performers underwrite major annual and ongoing initiatives: public art catalog, In Plain Sight. demographic of patrons for the arts in our set the conference stage by serving as “street community. performers” at the Hotel Pere Marquette and CAT Foundation/Community Foundation “ArtLinks”: Deployed “ArtLinks” to connect by showcasing the wealth of Peoria’s Grants: Received underwriting grants from the local and regional artists and arts organizations One State Together in the Arts in Peoria: In arts scene during several Monday Evening With CAT Foundation and the Local Tourism Reserve to area not-for-profit charitable events, June 2009, ArtsPartners served as the official the Arts Bus Tours. The montage captures the Fund to promote and conduct the One State especially silent auctions. The success and host for the annual convention of the state of spirit in which Peoria as the host city embraced Together in the Arts Conference held on June 1 popularity of this initiative increases revenues Illinois’ premiere arts advocacy organization: The this conference experience by capturing the and 2 at the Hotel Pere Marquette. for local charities and provides visibility and Illinois Arts Alliance. The convention, titled One conference’s See Change theme occurring right productive partnerships for local artists and arts State Together In the Arts, brought more than before everyone’s eyes. The video can be seen at Illinois Arts Council: Received operational funds organizations. 300 arts, business, education, and community the following link: “http://bit.ly/artspartners” for general overhead. leaders from all over Illinois to the Hotel Pere ARTS.Happening: Published and distributed Marquette to strengthen their leadership skills. ARTS.Happening, the popular monthly In two days, this important event generated e-newsletter that reaches an e-list of over 1,500 nearly $100,000 in direct spending for the ArtsPartners. Peoria area economy. In addition, we presented

The ART of ArtsPartners One State Together ARTS.Happening Structure Educators’ Guide in the Arts

PEORIA CITY COUNCIL 2007 - 2008 INCOME SOURCES AND EXPENDITURES 2.4% Jim Ardis, Mayor 3.7% Clyde Gulley, Jr. George Jacob INCOME SOURCES: $80,960* 1.3% Dan Irving James Montelongo Restaurant Proceeds - $75,000 Timothy Riggenbach Gary Sandberg Grant Income for Operations - $3,010 Ryan Spain Interest and Other Income - $1,900 ArtsPartners William Spears Contributions - $1,050 W. Eric Turner gratefully Barbara Van Auken 92.6% acknowledges PEORIA CIVIC CENTER 3% Peter Couri, Chair EXPENDITURES: $83,427* 22% Rebekah Bourland our funders: Laraine Bryson Kenneth Goldin Program Services - $73,500 Brent Lonteen General Administrative Costs - $8,900 Daniel Murphy Contracted Program Services - $1,027 Dan Silverthorn Leonard Unes 75% *Throughout 2008-2009, media in-kind donations exceeded $400,000 and are not This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts reflected in the above charts. Council, a state agency. Note: The financial information above reflects the 2008-2009 fiscal year from September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009.

Mission, Staff, Officers Media Saturation, Arts Partnerships, Development Income and Photo Mission, Staff, Officers Media Saturation, Arts Partnerships, Development Income and Photo & Board Members Awareness & Visibility and Funding Expense FIgures Gallery & Board Members Awareness & Visibility and Funding Expense FIgures Gallery ArtsPartners of Central Illinois, Inc. 820 SW Adams Street La Ville de Maillet Building Peoria, IL 61602

Phone: 309-676-2787 Fax: 309-676-0290

Administrative Offices: [email protected] www.artspartners.net

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Mission, Staff, Officers Media Saturation, Arts Partnerships, Development Income and Photo & Board Members Awareness & Visibility and Funding Expense FIgures Gallery