Update SPR I NG 2010 ANNUAL MEETING Inside this Issue With your help, we’re driving 2 Annual Meeting Program 3 From the Directors political, financial and professional 4 Advocacy in Action 5 Membership Has Its Privileges support for the entire Pittsburgh 5 What You Told Us 6 GPAC at a Glance arts community. Let’s get connected. 8 Art, Meet Business. 8 Small Grants. Big Impact. 9 A STAR is Born 10 Strengthening Pittsburgh Arts 11 Making a Place for Public Art Thank You Alcoa Foundation Allegheny Regional Asset District BNY Mellon Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Dominion Foundation Elliott Marketing Group The Fine Foundation The Grable Foundation The Heinz Endowments Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield The Kresge Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The Pittsburgh Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation ThoughtForm, Inc. To discuss ways your company or organization can support the work of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council through sponsorships or partnerships, please contact Tiffany Wilhelm, Director of Development and Membership, at 412.391.2060 x222 or [email protected]. The Red Shoes, Quantum Theatre, performers Carolina Loyola-Garcia and John Marcinizyn. Photo by Mary Mervis. Greater Pittsburgh Art Council Annual Meeting Program Board of Directors Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Bill Bodine, Chair August Wilson Center for African American Culture Frick Art and Historical Center John Camillus, Executive Vice Chair 8:00–8:30 am Coffee and Light Breakfast Thanks Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, Lobby to our sponsors ! University of Pittsburgh Peggy Hynes, Vice Chair at-large 8:30–10:00 am Opening Performance Streamline Communications Theater Abafasi Lisa Hoitsma, Vice Chair at-large Gateway to the Arts Welcome James Fawcett, Secretary Bill Bodine Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield André Kimo Stone Guess Victor Dozzi, CPA, Treasurer Evan Frazier CrawfordEllenbogen LLC Jane Werner, Immediate Past Chair Arts Loud and Clear Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Mitch Swain Mitch Swain, CEO Carrie Shoberg Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Judy Kelly Michele de la Reza Craig Johnson Attack Theatre Hilary Robinson Constance F. Horton, MSW Bovey Lee Fund for the Advancement of Gina Fleitman Minorities Through Education Morton Brown Charlie Humphrey Pam Pennywell Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh ® Susan Sparks Center for the Arts John Elliott Andrew Masich Maggie Johnson Senator John Heinz History Center TIffany Wilhelm J. Kevin McMahon Pittsburgh Cultural Trust 10:00–10:30 am Networking Break David L. Pollack, Esq. Lobby Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky Kate E. H. Prescott 10:30–11:15 am “Arts in Crisis” Prescott & Associates Theater An Interview with Robert Reed Michael Kaiser Multicultural Arts Initiative Karla Boos Dr. Hilary Robinson Justin Laing College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University J. Kevin McMahon John Sotirakis ThoughtForm, Inc. 11:15 am–12:00 pm Audience Q&A Michael A. Wessell, Esq., Theater Community Leader Jim Wilkinson Community Leader We are pleased to welcome to Pittsburgh Online Resources Michael M. Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy PittsburghArtsCouncil.org Center for the Performing Arts. Advocacy, grant info, news, more ProArtsTickets.org Dubbed “the Turnaround King” for his work at numerous institutions, Tickets to arts performances including the Royal Opera House (London), American Ballet PittsburghArtistRegistry.org Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Kansas City Database of regional artists Ballet, Michael has earned international renown for his expertise ArtsWorks.org in arts management. Job, internship & volunteer listings PublicArtPittsburgh.org He founded Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative in early The Office of Public Art (OPA) February 2009, and embarked on a 50-state tour to spread his arts PittsburghIsArt.org expertise across the United States. With the help of the Kennedy Grassroots arts community Center senior staff and more than 100 volunteer mentors, the Arts in pittsburghartscouncil.blogspot.com Industry thoughts by staff and guest bloggers Crisis initiative currently provides free arts management consultation to more than 500 arts organizations across the United States. groups.google.com/group/pghleaders Emerging Arts Leaders Network Michael M. Kaiser 2 Update ANNUAL MEETING 2 0 1 0 CURRENT MEMBERS Arts Organizations From the Directors AFTRA Pittsburgh AIGA Pittsburgh Welcome to the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s 2010 Annual Meeting. American Jewish Museum Artigianali Co. The economy has made our collective work environment more difficult. We all have had Artist & Craftsman Supply to re-examine the why, what and how of what we do. It has been an opportunity to get back Artists Image Resource to basics and to appreciate things we may have taken for granted. Pittsburgh is a place Arts Education Collaborative of history, ingenuity, creativity and beauty. And, Pittsburgh Is Art. ArtUp (Artists Upstairs) Associated Artists of Butler County Others see Pittsburgh the same way. Three of the four meeting locations selected for the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Attack Theatre G-20 Summit were arts venues! VisitPittsburgh boasts that Pittsburgh draws more visitors than August Wilson Center for African American Culture other comparable areas . The list of Pittsburgh’s “must see” locations is dominated by arts and Autumn House Press culture venues. The Cultural District now draws over 2 million visitors per year. Artists, dancers Bach Choir Pittsburgh and musicians have created new energy and projects where others wouldn’t have dared Balmoral School of Piping to venture on the Penn Avenue Corridor. Their collective energy attracts other young creative Baldwin-Whitehall Friends of the Theater Arts people and rebuilds neighborhoods. Bodiography Contemporary Ballet Boyd Community Center The arts spawn the creativity and vitality that a new “old” city needs to keep its college Bricolage Bulgarian Macedonian National Education & Cultural graduates, attract new business and bring its citizens a healthy respite from their everyday lives. Center Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society The challenge ahead of us is to build upon our strengths in the face of tight resources. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Foundation Center Pittsburgh’s history is that of a hard-working “roll up your sleeves” attitude—and that is exactly Carnegie Mellon University - College of Fine Arts what we need to do now. Carnegie Museum of Art Carnegie Museum of Natural History With your help, GPAC will lead the fight for more funding and resources for organizations and Chatham Baroque individual artists. We need more facts and research to support our passionate arguments. Chhandayan, Inc. Children’s Festival Chorus What can be done collectively to stimulate individual giving? Let’s harness the energy used Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh to successfully defeat the proposed arts sales tax in Harrisburg and fight for an inclusive City of Asylum/Pittsburgh dedicated statewide funding stream. City Theatre Company Dance Alloy Theater What are the most up-to-date financial management strategies that will help you to keep your Dreams of Hope ship afloat? How can we best promote Pittsburgh’s arts and culture and collaborate to help Dress for Success Pittsburgh organizations sell tickets, subscriptions, classes and memberships? Enjoy Bellevue Father Ryan Arts Center of Focus on Renewal The phrase “Arts loud and clear” is an important part of our new brand. But we’ve learned Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc. that sometimes one of the best things we can do is listen. In surveys, letters, conversations and Freeport Theatre Festival Frick Art & Historical Center tweets, you’ve made it clear that creating connections is important to those who work Gallerie Chiz in the arts community. Our new workspace will help us to hold gatherings so opinions can Gateway to the Arts be shared and collaborations can be created. Guiding Star Productions Harmony Singers of Pittsburgh Academy In the end, the best indicator of our success is your participation as members, and our Hill Dance Academy Theatre (HDAT) membership continues to grow. Thank you for your continued support. Hillman Center for Performing Arts - Shady Side Hip Hop On L.O.C.K. Project IATSE, Local 3 I Made It! Market Indiana Arts Council Institute of International Art & Languages Ixtlan Artists Group, Inc. Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania Jazz Workshop Incorporated Kelly Custom Furniture & Cabinetry Kelly-Strayhorn Theater Kente Arts Alliance Kuntu Repertory Theatre LABCO (Laboratory Dance Company) Lawrenceville Historical Society Luke & Eloy Gallery Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG Arts) Mary Miller Dance Company Mattress Factory McKeesport Symphony Orchestra Bill Bodine Mitch Swain Chair CEO Update ANNUAL MEETING 2 0 1 0 3 CURRENT MEMBERS Advocacy in Action Arts Organizations, continued Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh by Ryan Freytag Michael Berger Gallery ModernFormations Gallery & Performance Space The recent and ongoing Pennsylvania state budget crisis kicked the Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s advocacy efforts into high gear. Muse Art Studios and Gallery Nandanik Dance Troupe In addition to keeping the local arts and culture community informed of Nathanael Greene Historical Foundation the latest developments in the budget battle, we provided practical Nego Gato, Inc. New Hazlett Theater opportunities to make their voices heard. By coordinating