Contents Page About Us: Pablos Art Studios Inc 2 ROAR! gallery 3 Governance Report 4 Director’s Report 5 From the Studio 8 Pablos Volunteers 9 Pablos Landscape Workshop/Artist Run Workshops 10 Outreach 2017/WCC Housing Art Classes 11 Creative Spaces Capsule 2017/Cityzen Kane 12 Gallery Report 13 Finance Report 14 Performance Report 15 Auditors Report 27 Pablos Team 2017 30 Thank you! 31 Artists’ Reflections 32 1 Pablos Art Studios Inc Pablos Art Studios Inc. was established in 1993 as a creative response to the increase of care in the community for people with lived experience of mental illness. We provide a support- ive and professional art studio and gallery environment for people, who have experienced mental illness, to engage in the production of artwork. Pablos enables people to develop a broad skill base and to take ownership of their creative paths towards positive outcomes in the local and wider communities. Pablos Art Studio operates from Monday to Friday 10am-5pm. Individuals access, at no cost, creative opportunities such as art workshops, individual tuition, discussion and critique groups and exhibition opportunities. They work at their own desk or at a communal table. The expectation is for artists to attend on certain days and to work constructively while they attend. Pablos is not a drop in centre. Artists at Pablos are supported to work independently towards their own creative goal plans, and balance their independent work by participating in organised workshops. They have positive role models and gain inspiration by working alongside others. Tuesday Workshops with Morag Stokes 2 ROAR! gallery ROAR! Gallery is dedicated to the sale and promotion of art from Pablos Art Studios. We have created a professional gallery and exhibition space that is accessible to artists with limited access to other dealer galleries and encourages an enthusiastic and growing market for our artists work. We have created a professional gallery and exhibition space that is accessible to artists with limited access to other dealer galleries and encourages an enthusiastic and growing market for our artists work. Together the Studio and Gallery create an environment for recovery that provides opportu- nities and a framework for learning skills that are transferable to all aspects of peoples’ lives. • We foster a culture of creative self-reliance, professionalism and exploration that encourages individuals to go beyond their own expectations. • We use relationship building styles that promote participation, personal responsibility and community integration. • We have a strong positive impact on personal development, job readiness, educational participation, reduced isolation and recovery. ROAR! Corner revealed! 3 Governance Report For Pablos, 2017 has been a year in which it has been great to see how the Pablos Director, Dee Dahlberg, and her team have been able to really consolidate what has been achieved at Pablos so far. A focus on maintaining and expanding community networks, strengthening systems and policies, and continuing to use existing funds efficiently have all been part of this. Consequently it has also been gratifying to observe how this year’s auction was one of the most successful for Pablos and that Pablos’ achievements have once more been publicly recognized. Not only did Pablos win this year’s Art Access Creative Space Award but Menno Huibers, Lead Tutor at Pablos, received an award for the Creative Spaces Time Capsule, again another illustration of some fruitful networking. As with previous years, sustainable funding has been an important focus for Pablos. As alluded to above, Dee and her staff have worked ceaselessly to identify possible new sources of funding and to use available resources as efficiently as possible, whilst still ensuring that Pablos continues to be an excellent creative and supportive space for artists. From a committee member perspective, we, in conjunction with Dee, have been looking at strengthening our community links and incorporating information that may assist us all in attaining more sustainable funding. To this end we met with Glen MacDonald, Coordinator at Vincents, and Marion Blake MNZM, Chief Executive, from Platform Trust. We very much appreciated the time and wisdom they shared with us and from their time with us have identified the importance of both collective lobbying and also of ‘telling the Pablos story’ – who are Pablos artists? how is Pablos of use to them? where does attending Pablos lead to? – and identifying who needs to hear this story in order for Pablos to be able to function and grow in the future. The committee also had an opportunity to hear from Clive Pedley, from Giving Architects, who shared some very valuable information about identifying donors, seeking donations, and what is likely to make this process most successful. The information gleaned from all three of those mentioned above will be utilized in planning strategically for the future and I would again like to thank them all for what they have shared with us so far. In terms of committee membership it has been quite a stable year. Unfortunately for us all Tricia Sloan will now be leaving the committee so I would like to thank her on behalf of Pablos for all the skills, experience and enthusiasm she has brought to this organisation in the years that she has been a committee member. I would like to acknowledge the Pablos staff team, artists, and all the committee members for everything they have contributed throughout the year. A special mention should go to Stephanie Hall, who, after a number of years at Pablos in the Administrator role, has now gone on to another interesting role with a community focus. Stephanie brought so much to her role, including being invaluable at committee meetings – we wish her all the best for the future. Finally I wish to thank the various funding organisations, Arts Access Aotearoa, auction attendees, and Roar Gallery customers whose involvement continues to help Pablos be a valuable and flourishing creative space. 4 Directors Report Tēnā koutou katoa, The past year at Pablos has passed very quickly, we put a larger focus on pursuing aspira- tional funding and supporting special studio workshops. We also spent many hours making administrative and facilitation adjustments to our studio following legislative changes like auditing and MSD outcomes reporting. In supporting our community of artists. We contin- ued our open studio model, and kept our community connections alive with many trips and gallery exhibits. We are especially proud this year to have been able to support more artists to run their own workshops to showcase and pass on their skills, they did an incredible job. We also want to commend all the studio artists for their commitment to learning and grow- ing their art practice. For taking steps to confidently take on new challenges, but most of all for nurturing themselves, their mental health and wellbeing. No creative journey here is without its challenges for both individuals and as a group. Overall however, we have seen so many people empowered by the benefits they receive from an enriched environment, qual- ity mentoring and having the time to explore and build new skills and talents. Like so many NGO’s our biggest challenge is how to retain current funding and to grow independent funds for Pablos to remain open. With that in mind we kicked off the year The Pablos Crew at Arts Access Aotearoa Awards 2017. 5 planning for some extra good ole’ fashioned volunteer driven fundraisers like our Garage sale and Harbourside market parking work. This meant volunteering time from staff, com- mittee members, Pablos artists and Wellington volunteers. Those who helped, gave up time on their weekends to make this magic happen. To all of you who helped us, thank you very much, you made a difference. Stephanie and I also worked on some extra funding applica- tions and held many meetings to inform and connect with potential funders. One notable outcome was receiving funding from Infinity Trust to help us provide first aid training for twenty staff, volunteers and studio artists. That meant a great deal. We also had wonder- ful support from our artists, external artists, patrons, sponsors, Pablos committee and the public for our annual fundraising auction, a great night of connection for all. Other highlights from this year include the completion of the Creative Spaces Capsule, which involved an art collecting capsule that traveled to as many Creative Spaces around New Zealand as possible, exhibiting at each place it visited. Pablos tutor Menno Huibers and Benton Glassey from Dunedin’s Studio 2 and Margaret Freeman Gallery were the “Capsule Cosmonauts” leading the project. It connected as many creative spaces as possible aiming to include, celebrate and show the diversity of artists and spaces our country contains culmi- nating in a final exhibit at Wellington Fringe Festival in February 2017. In July this project was highly commended in the Arts Access CQ Hotels Wellington Community Partnership Award 2017. Pablos continues its other Porirua based programme at Tangaroa, Kenepuru, funded by the CCDHB. Tangaroa focuses on recovery and rehabilitation through providing people with the opportunity to learn new skills, and gain independence and empowerment for community living. Pablos model of creative learning/re-building, provides clients with individualised recovery which works well within the unit’s rehabilitation treatment plans. Pablos tutor Francis takes care of that programme and has also been working hard in the Hutt Valley pro- viding similar workshops for Pathways Community Day Service. This year he also facilitated a team building workshop there. In the studio Francis passes on his art and design knowl- edge to Pablos artists and encourages them to attempt different ways of using materials. Lead Tutor Menno Huibers has spent time keeping our inner studio running and mentoring new and existing artists, and keeping our inner-city relationships alive and well.