 Region 9Report Highlights:This region stands out from the rest of the state in a few interesting ways. First, it has the second highest percentage of audience members who reside within the region (81.8%), and the third highest total attendance to arts events (572,208). These figures show that Region 9 is doing an exceptional job of providing attractive arts and culture activities to its residents, keeping people in the region to spend their arts and culture dollars rather than venturing out of the area. The region also had the third largest number of arts and culture organizations responding to the survey, and recorded 1843 volunteers donating time to these organizations. Arts and culture organizations:123 Audience economic impact: $6,196,826 Organization economic impact: $2,686,446 Total economic impact: $8,883,272 We would be happy to give presentations about the results of this study to any group. Just call MCA at 651-251-0868 or the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council at 507-833-8721 to schedule a presentation. Acknowledgements:Study Partners This project is a collaboration of the Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota (RAC Forum) and Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) www.mtn.org/mca, principle partners, with major funding provided by TheMcKnight Foundation. Additional partners include the Twin Cities Performing Arts Research Coalition (PARC) project funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, and Minnesota Arts Communicators. Twelve studies were conducted statewide. The year-long study was managed by MCA, while each of the state’s eleven regional arts councils coordinated audience surveys and will host the data release events in their own regions. Americans for the Arts, the study’s national partner, created the economic models for the twelve studies, one for each region and one for the statewide study, and also provided secure web-based surveying tools. Minnesota Citizens for the Arts is a statewide arts advocacy organization whose mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts. MCA organizes the arts community and lobbies the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress on issues pertaining to the nonprofit arts and conducts original research. MCA works with over 32,000 arts advocates in Minnesota. For more information on MCA, this project or other statistics about the arts in Minnesota, please contact MCA Executive Director Sheila Smith at 651-251-0868, by email at mca@mtn.org, or view MCA’s website: www.mtn.org/mca. The Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council (PLRAC) purpose is to provide promotion, technical and developmental assistance and grants to non-profit arts organizations, community groups, schools and individual artists. PLRAC serves Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, LeSueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca and Watonwan counties. PLRAC is one of eleven regional arts councils in Minnesota who provide grants and services to nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists on a regional basis. Funding for these services is provided by the Minnesota State Legislature, The McKnight Foundation, and other private sources. Contact PLRAC at 507-833-8721, plrac@hickorytech.net or www.plrac.org. Project Manager: Sheila Smith Participating Arts and Culture Organizations: 1877 Peterson Station Museum, Peterson. * Amboy Festival of Music and Arts * Arts & Heritage Center, Montgomery * Arts Center of St. Peter * Blue Earth County Historical Society, Mankato * Blue Earth Town & Country Players * Curtain Call Theatre, Montgomery * Fairmont Opera House * Generations Theatre Company, New Prague * Good Cooks Dance Company, Mankato * Good Thunder Reading Series, MSU Mankato * Governaires Drum and Bugle Corps, St. Peter * Gustavus Adolphus College-Fine Arts Programs, St. Peter * Hymnus, Inc., New Prague * JazzMN, Inc., Mankato * Kolacky Days, Montgomery * Mahkato Mbdwankanton Assoc., Mankato * Mankato Area Arts Council * Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra * Mankato Children’s Chorus, St. Peter * Mankato Riverblenders, St. Peter * Mankato Symphony Orchestra * Merely Players Community Theater, Mankato * Minnesota Over Sixty Band, Gaylord * Minnesota Valley Chorale, Mankato * Minnesota Valley Chorus Sweet Adelines, Madison Lake * Minnesota Valley Music Teachers Assn., St. Peter * Minnesota Valley Sommarfest, St. Peter * Musicorum, St. Peter * New Prague Arts Council * New Ulm Suzuki School of Music * Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, Waseca * Project GEM, Lake Crystal * Rock Bend Folk Festival, St. Peter * Saint Peter Choral Society * Sibley County 4-H Federation, Gaylord * Traverse des Sioux Library, Mankato * Trimont Area Historical Society * Upper Midwest String & Chamber Music Conference, Mankato * Waseca Arts Council * Waseca Chorale * Wendinger Band & Travel, Inc., New Ulm * The Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota serves as the voice of and advocate for small arts organizations and community-based arts activities throughout Minnesota by working in partnership with the Minnesota State Arts Board, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts and others. The Forum’s Chair is Mary Minnick-Daniels in Mora, 320-679-4065 extension 30 / ecac@ecrdc.org. |
Downloads: Region 9 Full Report Regional Press Release Regional Profile Regional Summary Regional 1-Pager Region’s Audience Demographics |