Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year(s):

2012

Legal Citation / Subdivision:

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

Fiscal Year Funding Amount:

$27,732

Other Funds Leveraged:

$960,268

Direct expenses:

$988,000

Administration costs:

$2,700

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Ensure that the arts are interwoven into every facet of community life through the free outdoor summer concert series, Down by the Riverside, and through the free Thursdays on First and Third program collaboration with the Rochester Downtown Alliance . 2. Ensure that people trust Rochester Music Department’s stewardship of public arts funding, thus enabling it to continue to interweave the arts into every facet of community life. 3. End each fiscal year with a net operating surplus and invest the proceeds in developing Rochester Music Department programming, to provide programs and services so that people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities are able to participate in the art. 1. Use TicketMaster and show reports to measure attendance. Measure ticket sales, cost per service unit, margin (profit/subsidy required), and other event-specific revenue (concert sponsorship, free-will offering, Rochester Music Department and artist product sales, etc.). 2. Assess programs and operations through: operating surplus/deficit; amount of tax levy support the City Council provides to Rochester Music Department; public feedback; performance measures and instruments established by the City; audience and musician feedback; and feedback from concert sponsors.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Down by the Riverside events served 56,800 concertgoers at a cost/service unit of $2.89, and generated concert sponsorship of $65,000, $13,680 of other direct revenue, and $85,644 in tax levy. Four Rochester Downtown Alliance events served 32,475 concertgoers plus 363 outreach service participants at a cost/service unit of $1.06, and generated concert sponsorship of $34,700, $379 of other direct revenue, and $130 in tax levy support. Ending FY 2011 with a net operating surplus of $190,780 carried forward to FY 2012 invested in programming, Rochester Music Department demonstrated it was a great steward of public arts funding. This enables it to provide programs and services so that people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities are able to participate in the arts.

Source of Additional Funds:

Other, local or private

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Board Members and Qualifications

Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., Ardell Brede, Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002., Peggy Burnet, Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Michael Charron, Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Ellen McInnis, Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Lawrence Adams, Principal at LarsonAllen, LLP, Dianne Brennan, Director of development, Guthrie Theater. Member of the board of directors of Mixed Blood Theatre, and National Corporate Theatre Fund., Beth Burns, Executive director, Lutheran Music Program, Inc. Board member, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Minnesota Music Coalition., Anna Johnson, Independent arts consultant, Brian Jose, Executive director of fine arts programming, College of St Benedict/St John's University., Herman Milligan, Jr, Consultant, board member for Artspace Projects, Independent Feature Project Minnesota, The Givens Foundation, and The Soap Ractory., Richard Robbins, Director, Good Thunder Reading Series, and Director of Creative Writing MFA program at Minnesota State University Mankato., Jeff Stevenson, Executive director, Great River Shakespeare Festival., Sharon Tracy, Arts educator, Buffalo High School Art Magnet program. Secretary, Central Minnesota Arts Board.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed:

Yes

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