08-22-18 Personnel and Finance (#4)

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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Ms. Vasser replied, Sometimes they are. It is a little tricky because you have to buy them directly from the student. So you have to get in touch with us, we have to get in touch with the teacher, then the teacher has to get in touch with the student. But yes, some have sold some of their work with that show. Committeemember Voorde stated, I bought one (1). I bought it five (5) years ago. Ms. Vasser replied, Good. Did you find the process complicated? Committeemember Voorde replied,No, but I ran into that person down in Bloomington. She was a senior and recognized me as the guy that bought the artwork. It's the best ash tray I've ever had. Ms. Vassar went on, So this (referencing a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office) is a new event. We have a poetry event called An Ekphrastic Event for Sharing the Muse. It is based on our permanent collection. We invited community members of all ages to take a work of art from our permanent collection and use that has a spring board for creating a poem. We have people write their own poetry and then they come to the gallery and recite their own poetry. It really has been a great event and one (1) of the things I love about it is that it has been organized the last two (2) years by two (2) of our Board members. They work together and they make this thing happen. It is a whole new audience for us and whole new group of people than who usually visits the museum. She continued,We are a community-based organization and have been since our founding in 1948. We pay attention to what the community wants, needs and is interested in. That is one (1) of the foundations of our programming. Collaboration is our preferred way to work. Here (referencing a slide in the presentation) are three (3) demonstrations of some of our community events. Downtown for the Holidays was a collaboration with DTSB. We hosted the competition for the gingerbread houses and also some cookie decorating. It increased our attendance throughout the holiday season and I can't quote that number but it was remarkable with how much it increased our attendance. People came through the gallery and it was wonderful. The Festival of Banners is a collaboration, again,with DTSB as well as the City. We do a call for banners and kids as well as adults design a small design. Then if they are accepted into the competition they come in and they paint the banner. The banners are then hung around Au ust and are up through October. They are up right now and don't miss them. There are some great ones this ye . The theme this year was `Out of this World' so a lot of them are based in space and all that sort of great stuff. It is really fun. She went on, Then Kid Beat is one (1) of our newest community projects. It is the kid portion of Art Beat which of course just finished. It is the second (2nd) year for Kid Beat and it is wildly successful. We create hands-on projects for kids but there are a lot of adults who participate too. That takes place all throughout Art Beat. Galley Rentals is another way we bring new audiences into the museum. We collaborate with the Century Center on the catering and the set up for that. Then this (referencing a slide in the presentation) is a pie chart that shows our public and private funding. Our greatest percentage contribution is from earned income, grants, sponsorships and contributions with a slightly smaller percentage coming from public sources and then the next slide breaks that down. So the City of South Bend contributes toward seven point five percent (7.5%) of our total budget. Of course,that has been $65,000 a year for the last several years which is part of the funding mechanism that was set up when the Convention Cultural Complex was built. That EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building's 227 W.Jefferson BvldI South Bend,Indiana 466011p574.235.9221If574.235.9173 TTD574.235.55671www.southbendin.gov 8