Center for the Arts Annual Report for 2011

John McCuen, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Race Across the Sky — Film, Summer 2011

Doctor Robert, Alpenglow, Summer 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Spring Creek, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Motown in the Mountains, Summer Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

The Year of Partnership 2011 WAS AN EXCITING YEAR OF DEVELOPING KEY PARTNERSHIPS with progressive community arts organizations in order to expand the offerings at the Center. These joint ventures support our mission of being a community arts center that offers engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.

In 2011, the Center for the Arts and the Crested Butte Dance Collective joined together in a new partnership in which the Center serves as the fiscal sponsor. For the Center, partnering with the CBDC fulfills a goal of helping a community program to grow. As the Center looks to its upcoming facility expansion, being able to provide improved rehearsal space for an organization such as the CBDC has always been a driving force for the plan.

2011 also marked the inauguration of a dedicated visual arts space and expanded visual arts program. The Art Studio at the Center for the Arts (ASCA), located at 111 Elk Avenue, offers an enticing selection of instructional and experiential activities to attract both accomplished, as well as aspiring, artists. For 25 years the Center has worked to make art available to all in order to educate, inspire, enrich and expand an individual’s experience. Throughout its history the Center has featured programming in live music, theatre, comedy and visual arts. These new partnerships allow the Center to expand its offerings to a higher degree in order to meet the growing needs of our community.

2012 marks 25 years of the Center “bringing the arts to life” in

Alpenglow Free Concert Series, Summer 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Crested Butte. Since its beginnings from a county garage, the Center remarkably transformed into an arts facility, and now designated by the Town of Crested Butte as a “community arts center,” the Center for the Arts has served as a welcoming “home for arts and culture” for residents and visitors in the Gunnison Valley. Throughout this 25th anniversary year, the Board, Staff, and pARTners are delighted to offer an array of engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.

The Center for the Arts Board and Staff continue to focus on longerterm critical improvements to the current facility intended to ensure this remarkable commitment to visual and performing arts in the Gunnison Valley for the next 25 years. Recognizing and appreciating that the arts are integral to the economic vitality of the region, we genuinely welcome your engagement, participation and active support of these crucial efforts.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, members of staff, and myself, I want to express our sincere gratitude for the many generous contributions and critical investments in the arts and culture in Crested Butte and Gunnison Valley from the Center’s friends and donors during these many years. Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of such a dynamic and generous community.

JENNY BIRNIE Executive Director

HOW DOES THE CENTER MEASURE SUCCESS? AN UPDATE! IN DECEMBER 2010, THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS adopted a revised Strategic Plan for 2011–2016. The plan includes four goals that are the anticipated major accomplishments in the next three to five years. For each goal, there are corresponding objectives that are the specific anticipated results. Below is our progress on each of these goals in 2011.

BEST-IN-CLASS FACILITY

REMARKABLE HUMAN RESOURCES

Create a facility that is home to the region’s cultural organizations and recognized as “best-in-class” for visual and performing arts as well as other civic and cultural activities; offer the best place to access cultural resources in the region • By June 1, 2015, construction will have begun on an expanded facility. In progress.

• By June 30, 2012, the Board of Directors will have initiated a capital campaign to support expansion of the current facility and also that includes establishment of an operating endowment.

The Board of Directors is redefining the expansion plan based on new and evolving information.

• By December 31, 2010, the Boards of The Center for the Arts and the Trailhead Children’s Discovery Museum will have adopted a Memorandum of Understanding describing their intent to collaborate to support an expanded facility. Completed!

Become a top-tier choice for employment as well as Board and community volunteer service in the Gunnison Valley • By October 31, 2015, total compensation (including benefits) for all full-time employees will range within the top ten percent (10%) of all nonprofit organizations in the Gunnison Valley. In progress.

• By October 31, 2011, the Board of Directors will have adopted a succession plan for staff. Completed!

• By October 31, 2011, the Board of Directors will have established the Center Advisory Council. Completed!

STRATEGIC RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH Acquire the financial resources to ensure a sustainable future to achieve our mission and realize the vision • By October 31, 2015, revenue from special fundraising events generated by pARTners will have increased by ten percent (10%) annually from each prior year, beginning with 2009 figures.

Two (2%) increase in 2011.

• By October 31, 2015, income from ticket sales for the Winter Season will have increased by ten percent (10%) annually from each prior year, beginning with 2010 figures. Three (3%) increase in 2011.

• By October 31, 2011, the Center Board of Directors will have generated an additional $30,000 through securing three (3) new members in Founders’ Club (i.e., $7,500 per year for four years).

Three new members secured in 2011.

EXTRAORDINARY MISSION DELIVERY Provide an excellent year-round program that expands and enhances participation in the visual and performing arts • By October 31 of each year, surveys completed by customers and renters will have indicated at least a 90% satisfaction with Center programs and services. Goal met in 2011.

• By October 31 of each year, programs offered by the Center will have included one collaborative event with the Arts Alliance and at least four (4) film offerings per year. Goal met in 2011.

• By October 31, 2015, in collaboration with other nonprofit arts organizations, the Center will have inaugurated an annual festival.

In progress — plan to kick off a festival in 2013.

• By October 31, 2015, in collaboration with the Trailhead Children’s Discovery Museum, the Center will have expanded programs specifically designed for children and families. In progress.

Wailin’ Jennys, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

OUR MISSION The Center for the Arts, a home for arts and culture, offers engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.

OUR VISION We envision The Center for the Arts as a captivating and welcoming place, truly unrivaled in Colorado. The Center brings people together to share, inspire, nurture, educate, and enjoy the arts and culture of our mountain community.

A REPORT ON THE FISCAL YEAR NOVEMBER 1, 2010 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2011 We welcomed 30,007 people to the Center for outstanding performances and programs.

There were 129 performances — 45 Center Presentations, 84 rental performances, 86 rehearsals and 10 other uses.

There were 21 Visual Arts programs offered through the Arts Studio of Center for the Arts in the fall of 2011, 22 shows in the Piper Gallery, and 19 Crested Butte Dance Collective Workshops.

COMMUNITY PRESENTERS ABS in the Films AE Films Arts Alliance of the East River Valley Backcountry Film Festival BANFF Crested Butte Avalanche Center Crested Butte Community School Crested Butte Dance Collective Crested Butte Film Festival Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association Crested Butte Mountain Theatre Crested Butte Music Festival Crested Butte News Crested Butte School of Dance Dead Head Ed’s End of the Season Party Gunnison Ranchland Legacy High County Citizens’ Alliance Hospice of the Gunnison Valley Little Red Schoolhouse Matchstick Productions Paradise Food Project Public Policy Forum

Trailhead Children’s Museum Western Pilates Yoga for the Peaceful Dansummer

THE CENTER PRESENTS 25th Anniversary Christmas Party Celebration Alpin Hong Anne and Pete Sibley Arts and Education Forum Ballet Nouveau Better Late Than Never Chefs on the Edge Chuck Mead Dive! Living Off America’s Waste Donovan Frankenreiter Dr. Robert Drew Emmitt Band Ellis Paul and Chris Trapper Grass It Up Hood to Coast Hot Club of Cowtown John McCuen Julia Bryan Band

Lipbone Redding Mead Metcalf and The Ladies Who Lunch Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore Motown in the Mountains Nick Moss and The Flip Tops On the Trail of Ghenghis Kahn Paakow’s By All Means Peter Kater Race Across the Sky Ride the Divide Second City Improv All Stars Snowball Express Spring Creek The Four Seasons Quartet of the Colorado Symphony The Playground Theater Company — Fairy Tale Theater Wailin’ Jennys Willy Porter

Little Red Schoolhouse Stepping Stones Children’s Center Studio Art School PIPER GALLERY ARTISTS Adam Freed Anne Lamkin Kinder Bob Maurer Carson Elliott Christopher DeFlice Cristin Zimmer Jamie Booth JC Leacock Jennifer Rose Jesse Blumenthal Kiki Dozler Laura Cass Laura Elm Neil Windsor Rebecca Weil Thomas Rutherford Vitek Kruta

THE VISUAL ARTS GROUP SHOWS Artists of the West Elks Crested Butte Community School

SOURCES OF FUNDS STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2011 SUPPORT & REVENUE DONATIONS PROGRAM SERVICES GRANTS INTEREST FUNDRAISING EVENTS COST OF SALES SALES – BAR COST OF SALES – BAR OTHER IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS

$150,946 $111,519 $31,647 $153 $158,455 $67,612 $35,817 $17,066 $5,000 $117,334

TOTAL SUPPORT & REVENUE

$526,293

DONATIONS 29% PROGRAM SERVICES 21% GRANTS 6% FUNDRAISING EVENTS 30% BAR, INTEREST & OTHER 3% IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS 22%

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USES OF FUNDS PROGRAM SERVICES 78%

EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES MANAGEMENT & GENERAL FUNDRAISING DEPRECIATION

$462,998 $83,928 $16,511 $29,312

TOTAL EXPENSES INCREASE (DECREASE) IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS

$592,749 ($66,456)

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL 14% FUNDRAISING 3% DEPRECIATION 5%

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All Figures Audited by Johnson, Holscher & Company, P.C.

PRESENTER Balie and Beverly Griffith Colorado Creative Industries Crested Butte Lodging and Property Management Crested Butte Mountain Resort Frank Goldsberry Gail Digate Joel Benisch Leadership Learning Systems Margery Feldberg and Jeremy Levin Margot Levy Nathan Bilow Photography Red Lady Realty Robert and Pam Nichols The Grand Lodge The Pine Tree Foundation Tom and Linda Biery Trailsource.com

It is with great appreciation that we thank the following individuals, businesses and foundations for their generous support of the Center for the Arts.

PARTNER Anthony and Randi Stroh Crested Butte Arts Festival Crested Butte Music Festival David and Marjorie O'Reilly Doug and Linda McDonald Gail and Kip Richards Gunnison County Gus and Karen Comiskey Jim and Ynette Hogue Michael and Gracy Hall Paul and Donna Witt Ren and Gloria Kern Scott and Debra Duncan William and Cynthia Peatross

Mead Metcalf, 25th Anniversary Celebration, Winter 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow Peter Kater, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Four Seasons Quartet of the Colorado Symphony, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

ADVOCATE Arthur Kontos Roundation, Inc. Benson Sotheby's International Realty Clif and Kathy Barnhart Dick and Mary Allen Ed and Judy Ligon Gus and Karen Comiskey Holbrook & Smith General Contractors Jennifer and Gary Hartman Jim and Ynette Hogue Joy and Paul Adams Maxwell's Steakhouse Nancy Siebert and Jon Zich Rick and Mary Bush Starr & Associates Susan and Kevin Beltz Think Local First Tim and Christie Fretthold Yellowbook

BENEFACTOR

On the Trail of Ghenghis Kahn — Film, Winter Season 2011

Andy and Julia Shoup Anne and Bill Ronai Anne C. Hickman Anne Lankin Kinder Artisan Rug Gallery Bill and Carolyn Huckabay Bill and Carolyn Reimer Bob and Nancy Yuskaitis Collin Weston Memorial Fund

Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley David and Marj O'Reilly David and Patty Miller Dick and Rodi Whiting Frank and Linda Fialkoff GE Johnson Construction Company Harvey Castro IBM James and Delrena Sides Jim and MJ Miller Jim Runner John and Melissa Belkin Ken and Janet Levit Lacy and Edie Williams Leah and Wynn Williams Marion Troske Mike and Cille Ribaudo Mike and Gracy Hall Pam and Pat Montgomery Physiotherapy Associates Poor Richard's Charitable Trust Randy and Rosemary Ewing Richard and Marsha Cole Roger and Sandy Dorf Stephen and Kate Tillery Susan Lawhon Ted and Sharon Troy The Town of Crested Butte Tonie and Charles Mann

SPONSOR ACME Liquor Alpengardener, Ltd. Blackline Entertainment Bob Huckins Construction Brett Dixon Chuck and Cathy McGinnis Clear Rivers Skin Care and Waxing Clyde and Bitsy Wyant Colorado Legacy Properties Community Banks of Colorado Crested Butte / Mt. Crested Butte Rotary Darton and Jamie Zink David and Jody Snowden David and Susan Miclette Don Haver Doug and Linda McDonald Electrical Logic Lighting, Inc. Gene and Debra Harmon George and Phyllis Mitchell Heidi Bogart Henry and Sandra Estess Herb Weitzman Jane MeGinnis Jeff and Mickie Bragalone Joe and Susan Downes John and Emily Bruno Jon and Patsy Hundley Larry and Alice West Mark and Carol Lester Mike and Cille Ribaudo Milky Way Nina Kingsdale Owens Property Management Princess Western Design Rob and Marilyn Gentry Robert and Mary Pickering

Sarah Keene Sign Guys & Gal Sterling and Melissa Doster Sunlit Architecture Tom and Becky Mitchell Western Pilates Yoga for the Peaceful

ASSOCIATE ACLI-MATE Albert and Kathryn Vogel Allan and Diane Miller Andrew Gitin Bill and Margie Abraham Bob and Barbara Kauffman Bruce and Debbie Alpern Camp 4 Coffee Carol Denny Carolyn and James Spahn Cathy Sporcich Crested Butte Bank Crested Butte Events Dana Ingram Danek Bienkowski and Jo Ann Macy Daniel J. Murphy Dave and Betty Schneider David and Sharon Gleeson David W. and Bridget Ralston Don and Linda Chapman Fred and Sue Berry Gail Mancuso and Brian Downs George and Judith Haecker Gil and Lynn Friedlander Hal and Rosalind Cook Harold and Sandra Duble Henning Electrical Jack and Gwen Dixon Jack and Peggy Colby James McGill Jeff Hermanson Jerrie Runice Jim and Ruth Keene Joan Binkow Joe and Becky Williams John and Christy Murchison John and Donna Mullins John and Marsha Soucheray John and Trish McCarthy Ken and Barbaara Moffit Larry and Carol Barbour Little Red Schoolhouse Maren Palmer Mary Whitson Melissa Mason Mickey Brislin Morton and Miriam Brown Nan and Fred Buxton Pat and Jane Jenevein Peter and Margaret Kennel Phoebe Wilson R.C. and Joyce Benson Red Mountain Liquors Resource Engineering Group, Inc. Rocky Mountain Trees and Landscaping Roger and Dot Hemminghaus Storage One / Crested Butte, LLC Sue Schappert and Graham Ullrich The Last Steep

Tom and Karen Jensen Waste Management Wayne and Leslie Collins William and Monica Carter

SUSTAINER Ali and Murphy Smith Andrew Brown Barbara and Arlo DeKraai Berek Novak Bill and Judy McCormick Bill and Lenni Burke Bob and Malla Brandenberger Catherine Kolb Charlie and Shelley O'Connor Crested Butte Builders Crested Butte Electrical Crested Butte South Property Owners Association David and Barbara Dehaemers David and Christine Baxter David Rose and Ceil Murray Debbie and Larry Brannian Diamond Blue Pool & Spa Dick and Sharon Renwick Donald and Val Senter Donna Kindervatter Doug Kroft Dragon Sheet Metal Fitz's Mountain Colors Painting Frederick and Carol Stroop Gary and Elizabeth Keiser Gleeson Family Grace McMahon and Bill Renfrow Hargrove Construction High Country Window Cleaning Hugh and Kitty Harris HVM Security Systems Jack and Marlene Lintz Jack and Paula Dietrich James A. Crowell and Sterling E. Sightler James and Jean McGill Jane and Bill Chaney Jay Jones Jay Wolkov+G21 Jeff and Beth Buehler Jim and Mary Sue Westmoreland Joan and Jim Prentice John and Bets Carrico John and Donna Mullins John and Jackie Ingham John Kozyak and Barbara Silverman Kenneth and Marla Lacy Construction Company Laurie and Dan Goetz Lee and Cathy Cannon Lillie Highes Lisa and Marty Imbler Martha Violett Mary and Rory Baruth Mary Jane and Peter Bridges Maryo Ewell and George Sibley Mountain Colors Paint & Design Norman Urmy Parker Dirtworks Perry and Kathy Morton Pete Lawson and Gail Burford Pioneer Plaza Commercial

Townhomes Association PR Property Management Red Mountain Logworks Sam and Nan Lumb Sammy and Therese Nagem Scott Murray Shondeck Fincial Services and Insurance Tim and Wren Wirth Timberline Mechanical Contracting Tom and Dorothy Haskell Tony Barnard Western Slope Fire & Safety Wright Angle Construction

PATRON Anita King Barry and Rena Grossman Brian and Carol Dale Bright Family Celia Roe Charley and Angie Dumas Cindy Mattson Dean and Elena Blanque Debra Sporcich Donna Rozman Foster and Margaret Madeley Jack and Jane McAllister Jim and Diane Fisher Joan Heinz Ken and Eleanor Deacon Melissa Cunningham Michael and Stephanie Poley Owen and Anne Bricker Pete and Kay Deleeuw Rebecca Borchers Sandra Heydt and Eric Von Starck Skip and Ruth Berkshire Susan Harrison Tyler and Laura Martineau Uwe Meissner

SUPPORTER Allen and Judy Cox Annette Dunton Barbara Kotler Betsy Heartfield Dana Ingram Debra Reich Eric Peterson and Cathy Steinberger Jay and Pam Jaynes Jay Fishbein Lee and Jay Renfrow Lucy Hecker Paula Lehr and Art Mears Scott and Kristi Hargrove Tony Barnard

MEMORIAM Aaron Kotler Bob Runice Collin Weston Elizabeth Kolb Boehl Peggy Traylor

HONORARY Anne Kinder Kathy Barnhart

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS! Businesses that support the Center for the Arts programs and fundraising events.

PATRONS

SUPPORTERS

Colorado Creative Industries Crested Butte Lodging & Property Management Starr & Associates P.C. Crested Butte Mountain Resort InnerFire Mobile Leadership Learning Systems Red Lady Realty The Grand Lodge The Inn at Crested Butte The Princess Wine Bar / Coffee House & Western Design Co.

Benson Sotheby’s International Realty Maxwells Starr & Associates Bill & Cynthia Peatross Think Local First Yellowbook Holbrook & Smith IBM Artisan Rug Gallery The Town of Crested Butte Physiotherapy Associates

ACME Liquor Crested Butte Bank Crested Butte Events Daniel J. Murphy, Architect The Last Steep Little Red Schoolhouse Rocky Mountain Trees & Landscaping

SUMMER SEASON 2011

FRIENDS

WINTER SEASON 2011

GOLD Colorado Creative Industries Crested Butte Lodging & Property Management Crested Butte Mountain Resort Leadership Learning Systems Red Lady Realty The Grand Lodge

ALPENGLOW PRESENTING SPONSOR Trailsource.com

ASSOCIATES Crested Butte Arts Festival Crested Butte Music Festival Gail & Kip Richards Gunnison County Scott Duncan Family

Alpin Hong Concert Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Alpengardener, Ltd. Blackline Entertainment Bob Huckins Construction Clear Rivers Skin Care & Waxing Colorado Legacy Properties Community Banks of Colorado Crested Butte / Mt Crested Butte Rotary Club Electrical Logic Lighting, Inc. George & Phyllis Mitchell Milky Way Owens Property Management Sign Guys & Gal Sunlit Architecture Princess Wine Bar/Coffee House Western Pilates Yoga for the Peaceful

BEVERAGE SPONSORS ACLI-MATE Camp 4 Coffee Gifts Received November 1, 2010 through October 31, 2011.

While great care is taken in creating this list, mistakes sometimes happen. We apologize in advance and appreciate your understanding.

Tour de Forks Event, Summer Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

Willy Porter, Winter Season 2011 Ride the Divide — Film, Summer Season 2011

Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore, Winter Season 2011

MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDERS’ CLUB Founders’ Club members made a four year financial commitment to support outstanding programs and performances at the Center.

Margery Feldberg and Jeremy Levin Ren and Gloria Kern

Robert and Pam Nichols Bill and Cynthia Peatross Paul and Donna Witt

MEMBERS OF THE CENTER CIRCLE Center Circle members make a three year financial commitment to bring extraordinary artists to Crested Butte.

Mary and Richard Allen John and Melissa Belkin Mary and Rick Bush Harvey Castro Marsha and Richard Cole Sandy and Roger Dorf Frank and Linda Fialkoff Christe and Tim Fretthold The Collin Weston Memorial Fund Beverly and Bailie Griffith Mike and Gracy Hall Jennifer and Gary Hartman Anne Hickman Jim and Ynette Hogue Bill and Carolyn Huckabay Anne Lamkin Kinder Susan Lawhon Leadership Learning Systems Ed and Judy Ligon

Margot Levy Tonie and Charles Mann David and Patty Miller M.J. and Jim Miller David and Marj O’Reilly Carolyn and Bill Reimer Cille and Mike Ribaudo Anne and Bill Ronai Jim Runner Nancy Siebert and Jon Zich Julia and Andy Shoup Randi and Tony Stroh Kate and Steve Tillery Marion Troske Sharon and Ted Troy Rodi and Dick Whiting Leah and Wynn Williams Bob and Nancy Yuskaitis

Center for the Arts and The Studio Art School Team Up with Expanded Programming

Crested Butte Dance Collective Aerial Workshop, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND THE STUDIO ART SCHOOL have joined forces to create The Art Studio of the Center for the Arts, or ASCA. The Studio Art School closed its location next to Clark’s Market and now offers its adult visual arts programming through this new location in partnership with the Center, and its children’s programming through the Trailhead Children’s Discovery Museum in Mt. Crested Butte.

Melissa Mason, proprietor of The Studio Art School, manages the physical space at the new ASCA; works collaboratively with the Center on program design; hires and manages instructors; and provides the technical artistic equipment. Mason, who designed and implemented visual arts programs at three other schools including the Slate River School and Crested Butte Academy, is also a member of the Arts Alliance and the Visual Arts ad hoc committee of the Center’s Board of Directors. The committee’s goal is to assist the Center in developing a new vision for the visual arts in the community, and to provide feedback on the expanded facility plan related to the visual arts spaces.

The Center brings its non-profit mission of offering engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of the community to the mutually beneficial partnership.

Additionally, the Center is offering financial, marketing and professional support to the ASCA. “What we’re accomplishing together is so much more than I could ever have done on my own,” says Mason, “The visual arts in this valley is igniting. Working with the Center and the Arts Alliance is allowing the big picture visions to actually begin happening.”

The Center for the Arts’ number one goal is to be recognized as a “best-in-class” facility for visual and performing arts. Its stated Values are to provide art for everyone; to add creativity, innovation and diversity to the life of the community; and to extend accessibility to art through diverse programming.

Now, with the new partnership with The Studio Art School, and its incredible roster of workshops, classes and lectures, those visions are becoming a fast reality in the visual arts.

“We are only able to have limited offerings of visual arts because we don’t have the space in our current facility,” says Jenny Birnie, Executive Director for the Center, “Opening the new space on Elk Avenue with The Art Studio allows us to grow our adult visual arts programming in preparation for the Center’s expansion.”

Throughout the year, ASCA plans to provide a The Art Studio of Center for the Arts, variety of eight-week classes in ceramics; Day of the Arts Workshop, Summer 2011 photography; painting; drawing; printmaking; Photo by Nathan Bilow graffiti, spray paint and modern street art; crochet and knitting; sewing; jewelry making; and Meet the Masters classes which combine art and art history instruction.

Also available will be single session workshops, private lessons, private parties, events for local organizations, Women’s Retreats, Guest Artist Lectures, Community Critique Sessions, Continuing Education for Local Artists, and Apprenticeships and Continued Visual Art Education for Youth.

The Shared Artists’ Space memberships, or SAS, also continues at ASCA. Here, local artists may use the ASCA for their own projects with 24-hour, seven day a week access; personal storage for supplies and works in progress; access to the potter’s wheels and other ceramics supplies; and use of the kiln.

Memberships are $85 per month or $80 per month when signing up for the entire year. Artist and ceramicist Laura Elm is the Managing Artist for the SAS. As a working studio, the ASCA will also have gallery sales as part of its storefront where patrons may purchase local art.

“This is step one of a five-year plan the Visual Arts ad hoc committee is working on,” says Mason, “The Art Studio is becoming a team player in the broader picture of bringing people to the valley for visual arts. We see this area becoming a visual arts mecca. Getting people excited about this type of programming paves the way for the Center’s planned expansion.”

CENTER FOR THE ARTS CRESTED BUTTE FINDS A DANCE PARTNER IN 2011, CENTER FOR THE ARTS and the Crested Butte Dance Collective joined together in a new partnership that promises the community a continuing world of exposure and opportunity in this expressive body art form.

The Crested Butte Dance Collective (CBDC) seeks to inspire selfdiscovery, create interpersonal connections and build community through movement and dance through education, performance, community partnerships and professional development. The 100% volunteer fueled organization was founded by K.T. Folz, Adge Marziano and Joan Grant and is supported with over 70 volunteers.

“When we have access to dance and can share in that dance with our community, it allows us to be connected to ourselves and to each other through a universal language and culture,” explains cofounder KT Folz of her passion to provide dance opportunities to the community.

The CBDC’s commitment to make dance available to everyone, regardless of social or economic status, age, gender, or artistic or cultural background, fits perfectly into the Center for the Art’s own values and mission.

For 25 years the Center has worked to make art available to all in order to educate, inspire, enrich and expand an individual’s experience.

Throughout its history the Center has featured programming in live music, theatre, comedy and visual arts. Dance has always been an important part of these diverse offerings as well. Education, community outreach and inclusiveness are at the core of both organizations.

For the Center, partnering with the CBDC fulfills a goal of helping

Front Yard Lupines — Painting by Dawn Cohen

a community program to grow. As the Center looks to its upcoming facility expansion, being able to provide improved rehearsal space for an organization such as the CBDC has always been a driving force for the plan.

“The Center’s board and staff are pleased to join forces with such an outstanding group like the Dance Collective. We are excited to assist them in growing their programs and performances that inspire artistic expression for so many people in our community,” says Jenny Birnie, Executive Director for the Center.

In the partnership, the Center is the fiscal sponsor of the CBDC. As such, the Center is responsible for community outreach, fundraising, marketing, grant writing, sponsorship building, ticket sales and budget maintenance. The CBDC is responsible for providing the community with new dance modalities with corresponding instructors; and creating choreography, conducting rehearsals, and managing technical requirements for productions. Both entities will collaborate on dance program development. While the Center is in charge of managing the funds of the CBDC, these accounts will be kept separately so that those wishing to donate to the CBDC may do so through the Center.

“Jenny and the Center for the Arts board are giving the Dance Collective an opportunity of a lifetime,” says KT, “Their support will allow us to grow much faster and gives us an opportunity to focus on the creative aspects of dance. We are grateful for this chance they are giving us and plan to make them proud.”

AS OF 10/31/2011 GAIL DIGATE President MELISSA BELKIN President Elect MARJ O’REILLY Secretary CAROLYN REIMER Treasurer Clif Barnhart Heidi Bogart Jennifer Hartman Margot Levy Jonny Jost Sarah Keene Cynthia Peatross Randi Stroh EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Aaron Huckstep Andrew Gitin Beverly Lueckemeyer Barb Haas

KEY STAFF JENNY BIRNIE Executive Director JAMIE BOOTH Program Manager & Development Associate LAURA CASS Operations & Rentals Manager MOLLY MURPHY Marketing Director ED BOARDMAN Technical Director PHOTOGRAPHY Nathan Bilow Photography

Snowball Express — Film, Winter Season 2011 Photo by Nathan Bilow

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