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2018 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Fellow Marie Bannerot McInerney, Diluvial Dioscuri, 2019
ANNUAL REPORT 2018
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ANNUAL REPORT 2018
NOTE FROM THE EXECUTIVE/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dear Friends of Charlotte Street Foundation,
Rendering of Charlotte Street’s future headquarters, provided by Hufft
2018 was a transformative year for Charlotte Street. We saw the opening of Capsule (our first ever space dedicated to Performance), the launch of a new pilot dedicated to the support of fledgling artist-run “startups,” and the launch of the Neighborhood Artist Residency, a program that exploring how Charlotte Street can develop meaningful relationships with and provide resources to artists and communities outside of the downtown core. In addition to these new programmatic efforts, and sustaining existing programs, we took the major steps of launching a feasibility study and capital campaign for our first forever home for Charlotte Street’s grantmaking and administrative work, the studio residency, and two venues (one dedicated primarily to exhibitions and the other dedicated primarily to performance). This project, that we refer to as CSFHQ, will expand our capacity to enrich and support Kansas City’s vibrant arts ecosystem for decades to come. The decision to consolidate Charlotte Street’s most established programming in a central hub was both made out of the pursuit of long-term sustainability, as well as a desire to be responsive to the articulated needs of artists. This project reflects our longstanding commitment to strengthening Kansas City’s community of artists. In addition to securing longterm space for Charlotte Street’s studio residency, gallery, performance venues, and offices, we are adding new resources like a shared workshop, library and archive, and collaboration and gathering spaces. We are moving into 2019 with so much excitement about the future for artists in Kansas City! Thank you for all you’ve done in support of making this a place where artists thrive. Amy Kligman Executive/Artistic Director Charlotte Street Foundation
far left: Jillian Youngbird, Bison Blues, 2017 left: Jillian Youngbird, Hey Kiddo from the Mild Mild West series, 2019
ANNUAL REPORT 2018
Chavonna Adams speaking at Start the Arts in January 2019 (photo credit: Mason Kilpatrick)
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“The results of this award process have been completely transformative. I was able to use the award money to travel, experiencing works of art in 6 different countries. Working with fellow award winners gave me a glimpse into what I can become in the future if I continue on this path.” Jillian Youngbird 2018 Visual Artist Award Fellow, 2017-18 Studio Resident www.jillianyoungbird.com “As part of Neighborhood Artists Residency pilot program, I was able to partner with community members and work with Kansas City Public Library to introduce a non-violence initiative, Start the Arts. Start the Arts aims to introduce art as a viable solution to deter and/or heal from the trauma of the violence that plagues the greater Kansas City area.” Chavonna Adams 2018–19 Neighborhood Artists Resident @createdbyvonna
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JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE
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Charlotte Street announces 2018 Mobank Artboards artists: Annie Woodfill, Argot/Nots, Johnny B/Imagine That, Jessica Kincaid, Dylan Mortimer, Steve Snell, Larry Thomas, and Bernadette Torres Charlotte Street welcomes new Board Members Cathy Beaham Smith and Jean-Paul Wong. The Neighborhood Artists Residency program launches at 4001 Troost Ave.
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2018 Charlotte Street Fellows are selected from a pool of 144 applicants. Jarrett Mellenbruch, Marie Bannerot McInerney, and Jillian Youngbird receive Visual Artist Awards. Shawn Hansen and Marcus Lewis receive Generative Performing Artist Awards. Jillian Youngbird receives the Byron C. Cohen Award. Rashawn Griffin is awarded the Art Omi Residency.
→ Charlotte Street Foundation initiates fundraising feasibility study to explore possibility of a major capital campaign to create a headquarters facility.
→ CSF Studio Residency program welcomes hundreds of visitors to the 2018 Open Studios event in Town Pavilion to view studios and performances by 2017-2018 studio residents.
→ Oakland-based curator Zoë Taleporos presents Basic Essentials, an exhibition featuring works by three Kansas City artists, intermingled with work by three Bay Area artists. The exhibition opens at la Esquina before traveling to Royal NoneSuch Gallery in Oakland.
→ Rocket Grants announces 2018-2019 award winners: Battery Tour: AY Young, Bordes Carnosos / Border Carnage, ‘MoLCA’: Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia, Breaking Art: James ‘SugEasy’ Singleton, #GetWoke: Queer and Trans People of Color: Randall Jenson, David Seymour, Jacory Dean, Dr. Alberto Villamandos & Ryan Webster, Mahaska-White Cloud Community Mural: Ruby Rhodd, Deborah Bryan & Sydney Pursel, MIXED MEdia: A Healing Arts Journey for Veterans: John Sebelius, Open House: Brandon Frederick & Olivia Clanton, The Potluck Cart: Taylor Fourt, Megan Ammari, Jacob Canyon & JC Franco, Souper KC: Cecilia Ananya Belser-Patton & Paris Patton, Supreme / Being: The Musical: Grace Suh, Transfiguration: Mazzy Mann, Lorelei Kretsinger & Zoey Shopmaker
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JULY
Charlotte Street announces the 2018-19 Studio Residency Program artists: PERFORMING ARTISTS: Elizabeth Bettendorf Bowman, Jeremy Finney, Tristian Griffin, Daniel Hogans, Karen Lisondra, Mazzy Mann, Kyle Mullins, Kaia Nutting, Jason Zeh VISUAL ARTISTS: Iliann Alvarez, Nazanin Amiri, JE Baker, Ruben Castillo, Elizabeth Derstine, Katerina Guillermo, Luke Haynes, Bo Hubbard, Fuko Ito, Jessica Kincaid, Lilly McElroy, Rebeka Pech Moguel, Laurena Roytberg, Marissa Shell, Kiki Serna, Elizabeth Stehling, Benjamin Wills WRITERS: Jessica Ayala, Sheri Hall, Kevin Kilroy, Alicen Lundberg, Madison Mae Parker, Lavinia Roberts Charlotte Street Board of Directors officially adopts capital campaign to create a new Headquarters
AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
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Capsule, Charlotte Street’s new performance-focused venue, opens at 1664 Broadway in the Crossroads Arts District. Charlotte Street launches programming in the new space with the 2018 Studio Residency Performing Artist Series. Stray Cat Film Center, inaugural participants in Charlotte Street’s StartUp Residency, open a small theatre venue adjacent to Capsule, showing short-run, experimental, and indie films.
→ Charlotte Street receives a $5 million challenge grant to launch a comprehensive capital campaign to build a new headquarters, develop programming and create an endowment.
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H&R Block Artspace hosts the 2018 Visual Artists Awards exhibition, featuring work by 2018 Charlotte Street Fellows Marie Bannerot McInerney, Jarrett Mellenbruch, and Jillian Youngbird. Charlotte Street moves offices to 3333 Wyoming, future home of CSFHQ, and selects Hufft as project architects.
→ Charlotte Street welcomes Newkirk Novak Construction Partners to CSFHQ project team.
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African American Artists Collective hold residency in Capsule through the month of December, providing programs for artists to develop skills and network. Charlotte Street celebrates hundreds of artists who received awards, grants, residencies, and program support in 2018 through a lively end-of-year Artist Party at la Esquina Gallery.
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Social Media
ARTIST DEMOGRAPHICS
FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM
5,726 1,530 2,617
Mission-Related Activity
EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS AUDIENCE MEMBERS & PARTICIPANTS ARTISTS SERVED FUNDS AWARDED TO ARTISTS STUDIO RESIDENT ARTISTS
113
Other 4%
Race/ Ethnicity
Pacific Islander 2% Asian/Asian American 6%
Multi-racial 10%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 2%
Black or African American 15%
Hispanic or Latino 14%
5,795 361 $133,557 77
Operating Income
Transgender 2%
Gender Identity
Gender Nonconforming 2%
White or Caucasian 47% Declined to Respond 3%
$1,123,081
Operating Expenses
$1,114,874
(Budget reflects cash, funds released from restriction, pledges, and
in-kind revenue. Expenses include those off-set by in-kind donations.)
Male 43%
Female 50%
Rodney Brown of Rob Rice Creative, photograph by Jaclyn Danger
far right: Tech rehearsal image of Unicorn Theatre’s Nomad Motel, co-directed by Ian Crawford and Andi Meyer with set design by Emily Swenson
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“A stipend makes a big difference especially to the performers of color who are all too often asked to work for free—contributing their talents, bodies, faces, cultural knowledge, and energies to help support the missions of organizations not from their own communities of color.” Andi Meyer 2017–18 Charlotte Street Studio Resident, 2018 Open Call recipient at Capsule www.tradewindarts.org “Our goal for the rest of the residency is to use our space to develop new programs with volunteer programmers from the community, seek out audiences who aren’t being served by commercial theaters, and expand into educational programs.” Stray Cat Film Center 2018-19 StartUp Residents www.straycatfilmcenter.com
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