Center Campaign Case for Support

MAKING ART MAKES US HUMAN The Center’s Campaign for our Creative Community

CENTER FOR THE ARTS

ART

INSPIRES US...

TO SMILE TO LAUGH TO CRY TO BE IN AWE

ART

CHALLENGES US...

TO CREATE TO OPEN OUR MINDS TO BE MORE CURIOUS TO EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS

ART

CONNECTS US...

TO OUR COMMUNIT Y TO OUR PLACE TO BEAUT Y & TO PAIN TO OURSELVES

ART

TRANSFORMS US...

IT DEFINES US AS HUMANS IT HELPS US EXPLORE NEW IDEAS IT ALLOWS US TO CELEBRATE THE PAST, INTERPRET THE PRESENT AND DREAM OF THE FUTURE IT LEAVES A LEGACY FOR THE GENERATIONS WHO FOLLOW

Adji Cissoko, Shuaib Elhassan Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Photograph by RJ Muna Performed at Dancers’ Workshop 50th Anniversary celebration in 2022.

100,000+ patrons drawn to the Center for the Arts each year

250

days of theater usage by local nonprofits, Center Residents and the Center for the Arts, including 50+ free events

$16

Resident Partner Nonprofits Art Association of Jackson Hole Cathedral Voices Chamber Choir Center for the Arts (The Center) Central Wyoming College - Jackson Dancers’ Workshop Jackson Community Theater Jackson Hole Chorale Jackson Hole Community Band Jackson Hole Community Radio (89.1 KHOL) Jackson Hole Public Art Jackson Hole Writers

per square foot rental cost for Center Residents versus $47 average in Jackson Hole

Jackson Wild

8

pARTners

consecutive years Jackson Hole has been ranked at the top of the National Arts Vibrancy Index

Jazz Foundation of Jackson Hole MusicLand Off Square Theatre Company Riot Act, Inc. Teton County School District Teton Music School Wyoming Humanities Wyoming PBS

Slow Food in the Tetons moves The People’s Market to The Center Park, increasing their attendance by 30%

Jackson-based arts organizations, artists and concerned community members collectively recognized that increasing rents in inadequate facilities threatened Jackson’s local arts organizations With a $1,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, a plan for a shared facility was born

1991

First annual Teton Powwow Showcase presented by Central Wyoming College

The Center and Residents increase theater usage to 80 days per year

Generous donors contribute more than $30M to make the dream a reality

The Arts and Education Pavilion, primarily classroom and studio spaces, is completed

The Center presents Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate

Construction is completed on The Center Theater

Construction begins on a facility designed in partnership with Residents

The building opens with the original 12 Residents and construction of the Performing Arts Pavilion, the 500-seat theater, begins

Grand opening and inaugural season of theater events

2004

2005

Let’s celebrate!

The Center for the Arts Gala Fundraiser with Willie Nelson & Family

Teton County Library Foundation Page to the Podium with Alexander McCall-Smith

2007

2008

2009

Selected photos provided by the Jackson Hole News&Guide. Read about everything that’s happening at the Center for the Arts in the News&Guide’s weekly Scene section.

Dancers’ Workshop presents the world premiere of The Chamber Ensemble of NYC Ballet

The Center and Residents increase theater usage to 150 days per year

Off Square Theatre Company presents The Second City

KHOL Jackson Hole Community Radio opens its studio at the Center for the Arts

Off Square Theatre Company presents the inaugural Thin Air Shakespeare

The Center presents Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters Bruce Hornsby and Pat Metheny

2010

2012

2013

2014

99-year ground lease signed with the Town of Jackson and Teton County

First annual The Moth Mainstage

The Center presents 1,000th Hootenanny

Jackson Wild launches Wild Science, Wyoming’s first science festival for students and families

The Center presents the legendary blues guitarist Taj Mahal

The Center and JH Public Art co-present the National Award-winning Town Enclosure Pavilion by CLB Architects

2015

2016

2017

2018

Teton Music School is formed, bringing a new standard of music education to the Ordway Music Wing at the Center for the Arts Art Association of Jackson Hole moves the Art Fair Jackson Hole to The Center Park

The Center invests in advanced livestreaming services so that community nonprofits can continue to reach their constituents during the pandemic

2019

2020

Skinny Skis’ 22nd Annual Avalanche Awareness Night reaches the greatest number of participants ever in the US & Canada through livestreaming

Dancers’ Workshop celebrates their 50th anniversary by hosting world-renowned performances by New York City Ballet MOVES, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Savion Glover, Contemporary Dance Wyoming, David Dorfman Dance, and SWAY The Murie Spirit of Conservation Award is presented to Dr. Jane Goodall by Teton Science Schools

Grand Teton Music Festival opens their summer season in The Center Park

$650,000 spent on critical upgrades to our facility, emphasizing the need to be proactive about updating and renewing the aging infrastructure

2021

2022

The Center, Wyoming Humanities, and the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming present Joy Harjo a member of the Muscogee Nation, three-time U.S. Poet Laureate, musician, playwright, and author Off Square Theatre Company celebrates their 25th anniversary In 2024, a Comprehensive Fundraising Campaign begins to raise $22 million to re-imagine our funding model and propel our programs and operations to an even higher level 2027 marks the 20th anniversary of the Center for the Arts

2023-2027

We are at a Pivotal Crossroads of Need and Opportunity Jackson’s Center for the Arts was conceived by the arts community

Without a New Funding Strategy, We Will Continue to Fall Further Behind on Critical Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements Community Programming

$250,000

Resident Leases

$450,000 Expenses exceeding revenue.

$500,000

$6 million of additional spending will be needed to maintain the building over the next four years.

in the 1990s and brought to life in the early 2000s by these visionaries and their supporters. Today, parents who took classes here as teens bring their children to campus. Our ecosystem of Resident partner nonprofits has become vital to Jackson’s cultural fabric. Here, we all experience the joy and awe art inspires, take

Programming

$600,000

Fiscal Year 2022

creative risks, and find meaningful personal connection.

Our success brings us to an organizational crossroads of need

Philanthropy

and opportunity. With costs rising and major renovations needed

$1.5 Million

on our well­-loved nearly 20-year-old campus, our current payas-we-go funding model is unsustainable and leaves little room for artistic growth. Together, we have the chance to uplift this critical community resource for the next generation by investing in campus renovations and creating financial sustainability to support our Residents and program underwriting. We envision a vibrant future where we can continue to expand and improve the artistic experience in Jackson.

Please join us in investing in a bright future for The Center’s creative community!

Our Plan to Grow and Thrive A Comprehensive Campaign will allow us to build on our past 20 years of success and to grow and thrive in the coming decades. $6 Million – Renovate and Upgrade Key Campus Areas Improvements, as identified through professional building and theater assessments, will ensure the safety of visitors, evolve our systems to maintain state-of-the-art services, overhaul wayfinding and accessibility, and continually improve the flexibility of our shared spaces.

$10 Million – Build a Robust Endowment A proactive funding strategy will allow us to grow our ambitions, address future capital needs, and expand support for our Residents by decreasing occupancy costs and launching a program underwriting fund.

Maureen Brown Campaign Co-Chair

Lindsay Wilcox Campaign Co-Chair

$6 Million – Deliver For Our Community Meeting and elevating our mission means that we will maintain below-market leases and facility rentals, host dozens of free annual events, bring nationally touring acts to our mountain town, and provide Resident support in perpetuity.

ART

RESTORES US...

IT LIFTS OUR SPIRITS IT HELPS US DREAM IT WASHES OUR SOULS

ART

TAKES ALL OF US...

TO NOURISH IT TO ENCOURAGE IT TO BELIEVE IN IT TO SUPPORT IT

TOGETHER LETʼS SHEPHERD THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INTO ITS NEXT TWO DECADES.

“I think of The Center as the other town square. It’s where everyone gathers.

The art, the theater, the music – it’s the heart and soul of the community.”

– Lindsay Wilcox, Campaign Co-Chair

This is not just about the Center for the Arts, but it’s about investing in the creative life of Jackson.

Together, we offer a portal to the world, a place to be introduced to new art forms and ways of seeing.

Through this transformative campaign, we will have greater flexibility and sustainability. We strive to create spaces for new opportunities and continue to evolve as one of Jackson’s key gathering places.

Your investment will mean that the Center for the Arts will continue to be the epicenter of arts and cultural events in our community.

Thank you for your support.

WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT ART?

CENTER FOR THE ARTS Jackson Hole, Wyoming | 307.734.8956 | jhcenterforthearts.org Cover: Cueva De Los Manos (Cave of the Hands) painted 9,300 years ago. Rio Pinturas, Argentina, UNESCO World Heritage Site.