GPAC Update Fall 2014

Update FALL 2014

ANNUAL MEE TING

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Annual Meeting Program From the Directors Arts Visibility Art on the Walls Membership Spotlight The Results of Our Annual Survey Research & Advocacy Strategic Plan at a Glance Grant Programs Accessibility Pittsburgh Arts Community Database Commitment to Racial Equity BVA/VLA Awards What’s New at the Office of Public Art Mayor’s Award for Public Art Board & Staff Announcements Art DOG Unleashed Scrapbook

BELONGING

The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council acknowledges the important support that we receive from our foundation, corporate, and government partners.

Allegheny Regional Asset District Dollar Bank The Fine Foundation FISA Foundation Giant Eagle, Inc. The Grable Foundation The Heinz Endowments Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Hillman Family Foundations Laurel Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The Alfred B. Friedman Fund of

The Pittsburgh Foundation

To discuss ways to support the work of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council through sponsorships or partnerships, please contact Tiffany Wilhelm, Deputy Director, at 412.391.2060 x222 or twilhelm@pittsburghartscouncil.org.

Kelly Strayhorn Theater

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joseph B. Smith, Chair

Dollar Bank

John Camillus, Executive Vice Chair

Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business,

University of Pittsburgh

Kathleen Mulcahy, Vice Chair

Annual Meeting Program Thursday, November 20, 2014 Kelly Strayhorn Theater 8:30 am Lobby

Light Breakfast and Networking

9:00 am

Opening Performance

Theater

Founder, Pittsburgh Glass Center

janera solomon, Kelly Strayhorn Theater Mitch Swain, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Joseph B. Smith, Dollar Bank; GPAC Board Chair

Kelly Strayhorn Theater

Victor Dozzi, CPA, Treasurer

Presenters

CrawfordEllenbogen LLC

Anne Mulgrave, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Vanessa Braun, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Dave English, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Jen Saffron, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Larry Castner, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council David Pankratz, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Chrystal Alexander, Fourth Economy Jim West, Board Member, PA Council on the Arts Pittsburgh Complaints Choir, directed by Christiane Leach Norman Brown, Artist Renee Piechocki, Office of Public Art Morton Brown, Pittsburgh City Planning Mayor William Peduto, City of Pittsburgh

James Wilkinson, Secretary

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

James Fawcett, Immediate Past Chair

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Mitch Swain, CEO

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Deborah Acklin

WQED Multimedia

Jonathan Berman Kextil Jeffrey Carpenter

Bricolage Production Company

John F. Cilli, Jr. Mullen Mariann Geyer

Point Park University

Dan Gilman

Pittsburgh City Council, District 8

10:05 am

Networking Break

10:30 am

Keynote Speaker

11: 00 am

Panel Discussion

Theater

Moderator: Majestic Lane, A+ Schools Panelists: Jeffrey Dorsey, Union Project Justin Laing, The Heinz Endowments Georgia Petropoulos, Oakland Business Investment District janera solomon, Kelly Strayhorn Theater

12:00 pm

Dine-Arounds

Lobby

Theater

Sean Jones

Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra

Tinsy Labrie VisitPITTSBURGH Ryan Lammie

Radiant Hall Studios

J. Kevin McMahon

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Veronica Morgan-Lee, Ph.D.

Hill Dance Academy Theatre (HDAT)

Judith O’Toole

1Hood

Welcoming Remarks

janera solomon, Vice Chair

Thanks to our sponsors !

Roberto Bedoya, Tucson Pima Arts Council

Area Restaurants Using the Arts for Racial Justice and Community Transformation Creative Placekeeping and Placemaking Making the Arts Visible in Our Communities Roles and Space for Artists in Communities The Arts, Neighborhoods, and Youth Empowerment Making Arts and Neighborhoods Accessible Creative Industries and Communities

Westmoreland Museum of Art

David. L. Pollack, Esq.

Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky

Maureen Rolla

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Eric Shiner

The Andy Warhol Museum

Mark Clayton Southers

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company

Shelly Sponholz

Giant Eagle, Inc.

Cally Jamis Vennare

Cally Jamis Vennare Communications

Michael A. Wessell. Esq.

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We are pleased to welcome Roberto Bedoya to Pittsburgh.

Roberto Bedoya is the Executive Director of the Tucson Pima Arts Council, (TPAC) in Arizona, where he has instituted P.L.A.C.E. (People, Land, Arts, Culture and Engagement) Initiative, a civic engagement/placemaking platform. As an arts consultant, he has worked for the Creative Capital Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Roberto Bedoya The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Urban Institute. He is the author of “Creative Placemaking and the Politics of Belonging and Dis-Belonging” and “Spatial Justice: Rasquachification, Race and the City”.

Bedoya sits on the boards of the Grantmakers in the Arts, National Association of Media Arts and Culture and The Network of Ensemble Theaters. He has been a Rockefeller Fellow at New York University and a Visiting Scholar at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.

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From the Directors

ARTS COUNCIL STAFF

Welcome to Belonging, the annual meeting of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.

We are pleased to host this gathering of arts delegates from across the region to discuss and address an important topic to us as we grow our community: belonging.

Included in this broad topic are issues that GPAC seeks to proactively address with you, such as creative placemaking/placekeeping and the importance of addressing equity and accessibility as we grow and diversify our communities.

Last year, we began the discussion by directly addressing racism in the arts with keynote speaker damali ayo. This year, we will further develop the conversation with arts leader Roberto Bedoya of the Pima Arts Council in Tucson, talking about creative placemaking and how the arts can bring communities together for mutual exchange, inclusion, and civic development. East Liberty is no stranger to creative placemaking, starting with the re-opening of the Kelly Strayhorn. We can look down the street to see the development of East Liberty South that includes the public art of Leslie Ansley and Jordan Monohan, or the redevelopment of Carnegie Library’s East Liberty branch to see that arts and culture is inspiring new conversations and new beginnings for communities.

The questions then become: How can the arts help ensure inclusion? What roles are there for artists in revitalizing communities? How can artists be an active part of civic development? This meeting will offer a discussion about how we as the arts community might effectively recognize and help shape the opportunities and challenges of rebuilding our communities.

As cities across the nation grapple with often divisive, big topics like new industries, immigration and social change, arts and culture bring people together. We hope you will see evidence that Pittsburgh feels deeply that the arts are an important player in our region’s revitalization, not just for some of our citizens, but for all of our citizens. We hope you leave this meeting and inspired with new ideas and partners in collaboration as we collectively work together for common cause: a Pittsburgh we can ALL be proud of.

Larry Castner, Manager of Volunteer Services lcastner@pittsburghartscouncil.org Dave English, Manager of Membership and Development denglish@pittsburghartscouncil.org Rebecca Fink, Office and Events Coordinator rfink@pittsburghartscouncil.org Kate Hansen, Program Assistant, Office of Public Art khansen@pittsburghartscouncil.org Dek Ingraham, Technology Projects Specialist ringraham@pittsburghartscouncil.org anupama jain, Equity and Inclusion Consultant ajain@pittsburghartscouncil.org Sallyann Kluz, Assistant Director, Office of Public Art skluz@pittsburghartscouncil.org Christiane Leach, Artist Relations Coordinator cleach@pittsburghartscouncil.org Kathy Mahoney, Bookkeeper Sue Mencher, Internal Systems Administrator smencher@pittsburghartscouncil.org Anne Mulgrave, Manager of Grants amulgrave@pittsburghartscouncil.org Maggie Negrete, Administrative Assistant mnegrete@pittsburghartscouncil.org Erin O’Neill, Coordinator, Art on the Walls eoneill@pittsburghartscouncil.org David B. Pankratz, Research and Policy Director dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org Renee Piechocki, Director, Office of Public Art rpiechocki@pittsburghartscouncil.org Jen Saffron, Director of Communications jsaffron@pittsburghartscouncil.org

Sincerely,

Mitch Swain, CEO mswain@pittsburghartscouncil.org Tiffany Wilhelm, Deputy Director twilhelm@pittsburghartscouncil.org Laura Zorch, Educational Programs Assistant,

Office of Public Art lzorch@pittsburghartscouncil.org

Online Resources PittsburghArtsCouncil.org

News, advocacy, membership, and more

PittsburghArtistRegistry.org Database of regional artists

PittsburghArtPlaces.org

Where art happens in our region

PublicArtPittsburgh.org Joseph B. Smith Board Chair

Mitch Swain CEO

The Office of Public Art (OPA)

PittsburghArtsCouncil.org/PACD Pittsburgh Arts Community Database

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Making Our Work Visible Working across 10 counties in SWPA and advocating at the state and national levels requires building meaningful relationships with many audiences: artists and arts administrators, business leaders, media outlets, non-profit leaders, politicians, service providers and patrons. Our work is about relationships, and communications is key.

This year, more than ever, GPAC took stock of its communications strategies and laid the groundwork for a multi-year visibility campaign for the arts, to kick off in 2015.

Standing on the shoulders of ArtDOG, GPAC is prepared to work with you to launch a successful, branded campaign designed to attract new audiences to the arts and further drive home the message that the arts are a part of our everyday lives.

This Visibility Campaign will be fueled by an initial grant and supported by a new Marketing Advisory Committee comprised of GPAC Board and community members.

To further add value to your good work, GPAC received another grant to launch a newly designed arts and culture events website. This comprehensive, one-stop-shop hub will showcase regional arts and culture events, classes, tours, and happenings in a dynamic format designed to syndicate to other outlets such as VisitPITTSBURGH and other powerful engines to help you reach new audiences. GPAC held focus groups and stakeholder meetings to inform the design process, and looks forward to launching the new events hub very soon.

Expanding Our Social Media Reach Launched an Instagram Account of Arts Events From Across the Region @pghartscouncil

Increased Facebook Likes by Nearly 50% 2013 2014

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More than DOUBLED Twitter Followers 2013

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2014 =6,700

This year, GPAC launched The Arts Blog which averages a few thousand readers per month. The Arts Blog, powered by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is edited by GPAC’s communications director and features multiple voices in the arts community sharing how the arts make a difference in the Pittsburgh region. The Arts Blog includes Member Spotlights, featuring GPAC members in interview format talking about their work. GPAC members’ Twitter handles feed directly onto the site, live.

Visit The Arts Blog at communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/arts-blog Have an idea for a blog? Contact Jen Saffron, Director of Communications, at jsaffron@pittsburghartscouncil.org

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Art on the Walls Celebrates 5 Years Art on the Walls, now in its fifth year, showcases vibrant local art in the offices of Accenture, the Allegheny Conference, GPAC, and soon, VisitPITTSBURGH. Art on the Walls has participated in 16 Cultural District Gallery Crawls with an estimated attendance of 6,500 people. To date, 37 local artists have exhibited their work, resulting in $42,000 in sales that benefit working artists.

This exhibition program began as a biannual, solo exhibition opportunity for visual artists in our region. Since expanding beyond GPAC’s walls to other offices, the goals of connecting businesses to the arts, cultivating new arts patrons, and helping businesses build lasting collections have been realized, including job creation, too, adding Erin O’Neill as GPAC’s Art on the Walls Coordinator.

Of note is that the initial idea for this program came from our annual survey feedback - we do listen, and we look forward to bringing greater visibility and sustainability to our region’s artists, sharing the vision of turning nontraditional exhibition space into opportunity.

To learn more about Art on the Walls, please contact Christiane Leach at cleach@pittsburghartscouncil.org or Erin O’Neill at eoneill@pittsburghartscouncil.org.

Membership Spotlight The Indiana Arts Council (IAC) was started by a group of artists in Indiana, PA in 1976 with the vision of creating opportunities for locals to have access and firsthand experience with the arts. Currently, IAC intentionally builds, solid programs with three key programming areas: Youth Access to Arts, Economic Development, and Community Development. IAC recently hosted the Open Studios tour in Indiana at the same time as the Governor’s Awards for the Arts.

What does GPAC membership mean to you?

GPAC offers a broad and deep range of resources for arts non-profits as well as for artists that very few organizations offer. Also, GPAC offers a professional and deeply caring staff. What makes that meaningful is that the staff takes you on not as just a member, but as someone to develop a professional relationship with. It’s also an organization that provides a large return on the investment. Our cost of membership pales in comparison to the giant amount of resources we get back.

How has your GPAC membership influenced you and your work?

GPAC has served as a model for what we do as an arts council in our area and has helped create awareness - we are able to work as a conduit to introduce GPAC to arts folks in Indiana.

What is an aspect of GPAC/its programming that you really enjoy?

Among other things, GPAC conducted a media relations workshop with us in Indiana and taught us how to write press releases and how to create relationships with people in the media. We have also been able to participate in the Arts Day of Giving.

For more information about membership and its benefits, please contact Dave English at denglish@pittsburghartscouncil.org Rebecca Slak of the Indiana Arts Council

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The Results of Our Annual Survey Are In! Each year GPAC surveys the region’s artists and administrators as part of our efforts to grow an ever-more thriving arts and culture community.

If you’re one of the artists and administrators who completed this year’s survey, thank you! We got a good cross-section of the arts and culture community by demography, budget size, and discipline. Here’s what the survey revealed:

Positive Signs and Accomplishments For Artists • 75.8% are optimistic about their future as artists in the Greater Pittsburgh area • Rated area high as place to Work (7.6 out of 10), Live (8.4), and Play (8.5) • Local artists: won an Artist Opportunity Grant, hung a painting in Mayor’s Office, directed top-drawing play at Fringe Festival, directed large community arts project For Arts & Culture Organizations • 60% broke even or had a budget surplus last fiscal year • 57.5% met or exceeded annual audience projections • Local organizations: refreshed branding, gained international exposure, engaged Board members, added 300 social media followers, increased individual giving

Top Four Most Significant Challenges For Artists 1. Marketing/Promotion 2. Making a Living 3. Raising Funds 4. Community Connections

For Arts & Culture Organizations 1. Contributed Income 2. Diversifying Boards/Staff 3. Earned income 4. Marketing

Top 10 GPAC Programs and Services For Artists 1. Artist Opportunity Grants 2. Project Stream Grants 3. Artists Opportunity Listserv 4. E-mailed Updates 5. Social Media 6. Professional Development 7. One-on-One Consulting 8. Grant Application Assistance 9. Website 10. Member Discounts

Demographics

For Arts & Culture Organizations 1. Arts Day of Giving 2. Program Stream Grants 3. Project Stream Grants 4. Professional Development 5. Pittsburgh Arts Community Database 6. E-mailed Updates 7. Accessibility Workshops 8. Peer Group Gatherings 9. Issues Forums 10. Research Reports

As GPAC strives for more equity and inclusion in the arts, it is increasingly important to us to understand how members of our community self-identify. We asked respondents to the Annual Survey to self-identify according to age, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability/disability, and other ways to self-identify. We will be communicating those results via various means, including the Pittsburgh Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts.

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Are you/your organization better off because GPAC exists?

Artists: Yes (90.91%)

Arts & Culture Organizations: Yes (94.44%)

Top Four Reasons Members Join GPAC For Artists 1. For Networking 2. To Support Local Arts Community 3. To Establish Collaborations 4. For Information Resources

For Arts & Culture Organizations 1. For Networking 2. To Establish Collaborations 3. Support Arts Advocacy 4. For Professional Development Developing Policy Positions on the Arts, Culture & Tourism in PA

Policy, Advocacy, And Strategic Partnerships

September 2014

Statewide Arts Advocacy—A Win! On April 29th, GPAC led a team of SWPA arts advocates to Harrisburg for PA Legislative Day for the Arts. This group met with the offices of 10 Senators and Representatives, and we helped to get a win for the state-- a 5% increase for the PA Council on the Arts grants budget to $8.59 million, the first increase since 2007.

Statewide Policy Agenda As the November elections approached, GPAC, in collaboration with advocates statewide, produced “Developing Policy Positions on the Arts, Culture & Tourism in PA.” The document identifies policy issues where PA falls short, but offers solutions too, such as other states’ dedicated funding systems. The policy agenda was endorsed by the Arts and Culture Caucus, which, at 91 members strong, is the largest such caucus in the PA Assembly.

Submitted by Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, PA Arts Education Network/EPLC, Pennsylvania Association of Travel and Tourism, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, and PA Museums.

Strategic Partnerships: Connecting Pittsburgh Creatives The “Pittsburgh Creative Industries 2014” report showed that the seven clusters of the creative industries in Pittsburgh are growing faster than the national average, but that Pittsburgh’s “brain drain” problem and low diversity & inclusion and “Bohemian” index rankings may slow our growth. The solution--collaboration among the clusters.

GPAC co-sponsored “Connecting Pittsburgh Creatives” convenings in June and July to highlight local collaborations and propose new ones. These ideas will be put into practice by a new Task Force on the Arts, Culture, & Creative Industries.

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GPAC Strategic Pl Our Goals

Goal 1: Increase visibility and support of the arts

Goal 2: Enhance the capacity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the arts and culture community

Our Objectives • • • •

Increase understanding of the value and impact of arts and culture in our region Work toward a more efficient, stable state funding model Seek new and increased avenues of financial support for the regional arts sector Conduct meaningful research that describes the arts sector and promotes its value

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Increase GPAC’s capacity building and professional development programming Grow our membership Continue evolution to an audience development program that increase arts audiences Provide leadership in areas where change is needed

Recent Highlights • • • • • •

Raised nearly $1.5 million through the Arts Day of Giving; 25% more gifts were made PA Arts and Culture legislative caucus continues to grow Distributed the largest sum of funds yet thru Artist Opportunity Grants Calculated the economic impact of 40 member organizations Began a community blog on the Pittsburgh Post Gazette website The Office of Public Art launched PittsburghArtPlaces.org

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Recognized as model for accessibility by the National Endowment for the Arts, FISA Foundation, and by Community Living and Support Services (CLASS) Created the Pittsburgh Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts.

Hosted 84 professional development/networking events serving over 3,207 attendees Pittsburgh Arts Community Database continues to grow in participants and households

Ongoing Activities • • • • •

Educate local and state elected officials on the value of arts and culture Represent the arts community at many meetings, forums, committees, etc.

Seek opportunities for additional funding and improved policy for arts and culture Use research and data to make better informed decisions and recommendations Increase media coverage of arts and culture stories

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Peer Groups and Advisory Committees provide support, information, and connections Workshops on the Pittsburgh Arts Community Database and Accessibility Scholarships to the national arts and disability conference 73 cases or projects were matched with business or legal volunteers

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Debut an events website that promotes arts and culture throughout the region Pittsburgh will be one of 12 cities participating in a study of financial, operational, and programmatic trends Enhanced state-wide advocacy efforts

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New web interface for the Pittsburgh Arts Community Database launches December 10 Four events in 2014-15 that focus on issues of racial justice in the arts Accessibility microgrant program to support programmatic accommodations

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Learn more at PittsburghArtsCouncil.org

Goal 3: Create an environment and opportunities that are supportive of individual artists

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Goal 4: Serve as a model organization that strives to incorporate best practices, increase internal efficiency, and ensure organizational sustainability

Increase programs, services, and support for artists and independent artist collectives Increase visibility of resources for artists and independent artist collectives through clear communications

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Hosted “Artist as Entrepreneur” Bootcamp Art on the Walls program celebrated five years and created sales of over $42,000 Created the Unleashed Artist Fund for the Arts Day of Giving Collaborated with foundations and other nonprofits to host a joint Regional Artist Info Session Launched grants workshop for artists at 720 Records Business Volunteers for the Arts was opened to artists

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Artist Relations Coordinator provides local artists with career development advice and connection to resources Pittsburgh Artist Advisory Committee meets regularly and is chaired by GPAC board members Kathleen Mulcahy and Jeffrey Carpenter Pittsburgh Artist Registry helps artists connect to opportunities and the public

Expanded professional development and technical expertise through the Office of Public Art More workshops for artists in the Spring of 2015

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Seek opportunities to create increased efficiency and effectiveness Achieve balanced funding sources and build appropriate cash reserves

Twelve new board members elected in the past year improved diverse community representation and addressed organization needs Utilized the Artist Opportunity Grant program as a laboratory to address inequities in funding and model transparency

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Strong board recruitment efforts to build a diverse board and gain connections, support, unique perspectives, and resources Review policies and set aside small percentage of operating budget for cash reserve Continually apply a lens of equity and justice to all GPAC programs and internal operations so we can identify and dismantle systemic barriers

Become a greater resource for arts community around diversity, equity, inclusion, and racial justice Revise GPAC’s Strategic Plan (for 2015-18) that addresses our changing community.

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Artist Opportunity Grants: Learning and Panels Artist Opportunity Grants (AOG) have been a core program at GPAC since 2004.

In the last several years, the AOG program has become a key focus of our broader work on racial equity. What does that look like in practice? It means we spend a significant amount of time relationship-building in the community, and we provide increased support for all applicants through the process. We also strive to put together diverse panels (decision makers) who are encouraged to utilize their personal experience, expertise, and talent, but not speak on behalf of an entire community. Our AOG panelists in 2013-14 were the most racially diverse group ever and, as always, we strive to match the disciplines on the panel to the disciplines of the applications. As a result of these efforts and more, 21% of our applicants were artists of color and 26% of our grantees were artists of color.

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Even though we awarded the most grants ever, the gap between applications received (136) and grants made (43) set a record as well. To make sure that even disappointed artists learn from the process, GPAC clarified the application and guidelines and provided more individual support. Anne Mulgrave, our grants manager, holds regular phone office hours to answer questions, review applications, and provide feedback to artists who do not receive grants. The guidelines for the artists and panelists are the same which we hope creates a transparent system and helps all participants (applicants and panels) become better grant writers. Most importantly, our artist panelists are fully empowered to make the award decisions.

GPAC remains a neutral facilitator.

“I think it is a valuable experience to see how others plan and execute arts events in the region. It's a learning experience.”

-Grant Panelist

For more information about these ongoing efforts, visit www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/aogandequity.

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Building Trust: Engaging the Disability Community Trust noun: belief that someone or something is reliable, good, honest, effective, etc.

Merriam-webster.com, 2014.

Accessible organizations build trust - not just ramps and elevators. But before you can build trust you have to understand the attitudinal barriers that keep people away.

GPAC’s accessibility initiative reveals barriers through education, connection, and support. People with disabilities speak at our workshops, direct our efforts, and share their experiences. Arts organizations ask questions, discuss options and find costeffective solutions. Trust develops when you work with, not for, people with disabilities.

We were hearing this:

“I don’t want to buy a ticket and then feel like a problem when I use it.”

-Anonymous

And now are hearing this:

“It has been my great pleasure to see the changes that have been made to increase inclusion of people with disabilities into Pittsburgh’s arts and cultural organizations.”

-Lucy Spruill

Accessibility Initiative Work to Date Education: 18 workshops over 4 years reaching over 60 arts and cultural organizations Connections: • 23 scholarships in the last three years to attend the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference • Created a network of 60 access peers • Recruited an advisory committee of People With Disabilities (PWD) Support: • Technical support, resources and a safe place to ask tough questions • Access Micro Grants • Building regional capacity to provide quality accommodations • Data collection project Results: 55% of these organizations have experienced increased engagement with PWD

To learn more, visit www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/accessibility.

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The Pittsburgh Arts Community Database: So Much More than List Trading Who is coming to your events? What kind of person donates to you? Who’s missing from your audience? Tap into the power of Big Data to find answers to these questions and more. The Pittsburgh Arts Community Database (PACD), powered by TRG Arts, matches your patron data with demographic information from powerful national marketing databases. The PACD puts audience research power—usually only available to large corporations—into your hands.

Learn more and sign on to participate at pittsburghartscouncil.org/pacd.

PACD HOUSEHOLDS

The entire universe of patrons that make up the PACD

YOUR PATRONS

People who buy tickets, donate, attend an event, become a member, etc. at your organization

Your Patron data is sent through TRG’s system where it is appended with demographic information.

Age: 25-30 Income: $50,000

Apply demographic filters to your list to learn about individuals or trends

Our Commitment to Racial Equity GPAC is committed to promoting greater inclusion and equity by challenging structural barriers to the arts that disadvantage various groups. Along with our work to increase accessibility for people with disabilities, we seek to address racism in the arts with the launch of the Pittsburgh Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts. Since last year, Coalition membership has grown to over 100 artists, arts administrators, activists, and patrons of the arts, representing nearly 40 organizations.

October 2014 marked the launch of a professional development series intended to collaborate for positive change. Each workshop presents a different focus; the event on October 16th focused on mapping systems of inequality such as structural racism and its manifestation in organizations and art itself. Future collaborative events will address white privilege, audience demographics, and the racial history associated with different art forms.

Please regularly check the GPAC website and read the e-newsletters for information.

We also welcome you to join the Pittsburgh Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts.

Benefits include promotion for your organization, connection to valuable resources, and skills for organizational success.

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For more information, please join our Facebook group (search for pghartscoalition), or sign up at www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/equity.

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Volunteers of the Year Business Volunteers for the Arts (BVA) Yael Silk Silk Strategic Arts

Yael Silk runs Silk Strategic Arts, an arts and education consulting firm which focuses on program evaluation, facilitation, professional development, student assessment, and strategic planning. Ms. Silk works with clients like the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, CMU School of Music, the Pittsburgh Promise, and Gateway to the Arts. National clients include the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Americans for the Arts, and the RAND Corporation. Ms. Silk has degrees from Barnard College and Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Yael is very involved in the Pittsburgh Arts Research Committee as well as an active volunteer with Business Volunteers for the Arts. Last year, Ms. Silk facilitated a very successful strategic planning project for Art Expressions Inc. helping the board develop a practical vision and establish goals and objectives that will guide them to a sustainable future.

BVA 2013-14 Overall Stats Database

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Active Volunteers: 65 Number of Projects: 35 (see chart at right) Total Hours Contributed: 417 Value of Contribution: over $50,000

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Marketing Strategic Plans

Business Plans

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) Louis Kroeck, IV, Esq.

Lou Kroeck is currently the head of the advisory board for Carnegie Mellon University’s art cooperative, Future Tenant and past chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association Arts and Law Committee. Mr. Kroeck has been a guest lecturer at universities on topics such as copyright law, cyberbullying, and the Stop Online Piracy Act. Mr. Kroeck practices law at the offices of Anstandig, McDyer and Yurcon, specializing in entertainment law, intellectual property and civil litigation. Mr. Kroeck has handed multiple VLA requests, both as the lead attorney and mentor for newer volunteer attorneys, and led a discussion with jazz musician Poogie Bell at our copyright workshop. Lou especially enjoys working with clients in the music field, including Gab Bonesso of the Josh & Gab Show, Hallie Pritts and Claudia Recchio.

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Active Volunteers: 162 Number of Projects: 86 (see chart at right) Total Hours Contributed: 523 Value of Contribution: approximately $115,000

Nonprofit

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Contracts Intellectual Property

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What’s New at the Office of Public Art? The Office of Public Art provides technical assistance and educational programs about public art in the 13-county region of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The photos on this page feature some of the projects and programs we collaborated on this year.

Congregation by KMA engaged over 10,000 people through the Market Square Public Art Program; The Community Builders, Inc. commissioned Convergence by Leslie Ansley at East Liberty Place South; City of Asylum Pittsburgh commissioned River of Words by artists Carolina Arnal, Israel Centeno, and Gisela Romero on Pittsburgh’s Northside; PennDOT commissioned Behind Every Wall by Laurie Lundquist on Route 28; and the Three Rivers Arts Festival placed sculptures by Alexandre Arrechea from his series No Limits, and commissioned O:NE:KA by Edith Abeyta and the Complaints N’At choir led by Christiane Leach.

Our public programs included Public Art 101 and portfolio reviews for artists seeking to develop public art skills; information sessions in each of the thirteen counties we serve; and tours to places like Allegheny Cemetery, Carrie Furnaces, and special autumn equinox yoga session beneath Jenny Holzer’s For Pittsburgh on the roof of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

And guess what? We still have tons of energy for upcoming projects!

We will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary in February. Get ready to celebrate at our dance party on February 13, 2015!

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Mayor’s Award for Public Art The Mayor’s Award for Public Art was established in 2007 to recognize excellence in public art, and the role public art plays in the economic, social, and aesthetic wellbeing of a community. The award winner is chosen by the Mayor of Pittsburgh from a list of nominees gathered through a public call organized in collaboration with the Office of Public Art. There have been four winners since the inception of this awards program: Toby Fraley’s Fraley’s Robot Repair in 2012, Janet Zweig’s 7:11 AM 11.20.1979 79° 55’W 40° 27’N in 2011, R.M. Fischer’s Langley Observatory Clock in 2009, and Tom Sarver’s The Tom Museum in 2007. The 2014 award marks Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto’s inaugural selection.

“A tradition of great public art is one of the things that makes Pittsburgh magical.

While this is the first time I’ve issued the Mayor’s Award, I’ve long been a supporter of public art, and I’m glad this award plays a part in keeping this tradition thriving.”

- Mayor Peduto

Board & Staff Announcements GPAC welcomes new members to the Board of Directors: Jonathan Berman, CEO of Kextil; John Cilli, Vice President of Mullen; Dan Gilman, District #8 Pittsburgh City Councilman; Ryan Lammie, Executive Director of Radiant Hall Studios; Dr. Veronica Morgan-Lee, Consultant at Hill Dance Academy Theatre; Mark Clayton Southers, Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company; and Cally Jamis Vennare, proprietor of Cally Jamis Vennare Communications. Former Board member Mike Wessell, attorney at Eckert Seamans, has returned for another term – welcome back!

GPAC welcomed the following new staff members this year: Dave English, Manager of Membership and Development; Rebecca Fink, Office and Events Coordinator; and Erin O’Neill, Art on the Walls Coordinator.

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ArtDOG Unleashed Scrapbook GPAC hosted the second Arts Day of Giving (ArtDOG) on October 2nd, raising nearly $1.5 million from 8,208 gifts and a partial matching fund from The Heinz Endowments.

To promote ArtDOG, GPAC hosted Unleashed, a dog fashion show and party at the New Hazlett Theater on September 3rd where five artists were randomly selected for GPAC’s Unleashed Artist Fund. Shaunda Miles, Michael McSorley, Sherri Roberts, Brian Sesack and Lorraine Vullo split $3,915 from 62 individual donations.

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