Brookings Art Council

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Brookings Art Council

• Without art, the crudeness of reality would make
  the world unbearable.
• George Bernard Shaw

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Agenda

• Our Purpose
• Who we are
• What we do
• Why does Brookings need an Art Council?
• What you can do

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Our Purpose
BAC Mission Statement Encouraging community
connections through the arts by providing a
supportive environment for awareness,
appreciation and participation
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Who we are

• Board of Directors 14 local citizens
• Executive Director Vicki Schuster
• Hundreds of supporting members
• Many hundreds of local area painters, sculptors,
  photographers, fiber artists, weavers, quilters,
  children, teachers, tree decorators, place
  setting designers, tie dyers, face painters,
  craft specialists

We are you!
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Who we are
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What we do

• Awareness
• BAC Arts Calendar
• Artist Directory
• Press Releases
• Cooperative Events with Area Partners
• Appreciation
• Cultural Center Professional Art Shows and
  Exhibits
• Artist Receptions
• Participation
• Annual Open Juried Art and Photography Exhibits
• Young Artist Exhibitions in Cooperation with
  Brookings Schools
• Professional Art Classes (Tie Dyeing, Raku,
  Ceramic Pendants, Salsa Dancing, Nature
  Photography 101, Watercolors, )
• BAC Local Area Talent Showcase

Soon to be online
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What we do

• The BAC connects the arts, local artists, the
  local community and sponsors of the arts
• We seek local, state, public and private grants
  and financial assistance to subsidize Brookings
  area arts and artists
• We provide professional arts education to
  stimulate an interest in the arts in inquisitive
  minds (like those found in both youth and adults)
• We bring local, public school and SDSU arts
  communities together through the arts

We Promote and Do Art
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What we do

• Annually host exhibits of local and regional
  professional and amatuer artists
• Six to Eight Professional Artists
• Kindergarten through 5th grade, Middle School,
  High School and SDSU Senior Art Exhibits
• Conduct annual open art and photography exhibits
  and judged contests
• Conduct numerous professionally taught classes
• Conduct the annual BAC/Brookings Area Talent
  Showcase
• Conduct the annual Tables Beautiful Exhibit/Salad
  Luncheon and Festival of Trees
• Participate in Brookings area events in such a
  manner as to bring arts into the local community
  (face painting, pumpkin painting, tie dyeing )
• Support other local area art events
• Host a preview of selected Evening of the Arts
  artworks
• Support the Brookings Community Theater and
  Dakota Mens Ensemble
• Host the annual ROC day
• Network with regional and state wide art
  organizations to benefit and promote the
  Brookings area arts community

Yearly average 2,200 opportunities for young
people to create and perform 75 adult
performers and exhibitors Thousands of gallery
visitors
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Examples of what we do
Raku Class
Silk Dyeing Class
Festival of Trees
Fiber Arts Exhibit
Tables Beautiful
Original Work by Tracey Bezesky
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The Importance of the Arts

• The aim of art is to represent not the outward
  appearance of things, but their inward
  significance Aristotle
• Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating
  knowledge to all the generations of the world
  Leonardo da Vinci
• To encourage literature and the arts is a duty,
  which every good citizen owes to his country -
  George Washington
• When my daughter was about seven years old, she
  asked me one day what I did at work.  I told her
  I worked at the college - that my job was to
  teach people how to draw.  She stared at me,
  incredulous, and said, You mean they forget? -
  Howard Ikemoto
• Life beats down and crushes the soul and art
  reminds you that you have one - Stella Adler
• Art is the signature of civilizations Beverly
  Sills

Art enhances our humanity and our civility
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Why does Brookings need an Art Council?OrWhy
Does Brookings Need Art?

• A recent NEA study, The Arts and Civic
  Engagement Involved in Arts, Involved in Life,
  demonstrates -- with statistically reliable data
  -- that there is a clear link between arts
  participation and community health Americans
  who attend theater, and engage in other arts
  are more active in community life than those who
  do not
• Performing art attendees are 2x more likely to
  attend sports events and 1.8x more likely to
  participate in sports
• Performing art attendees are 2x more likely to be
  physically active and 1.7x more likely to
  exercise
• Performing art attendees are 2.7x more likely to
  volunteer in their communities or do charity work
• Americans who experience art are demonstrably
  more active in their communities than
  non-participants
• Literature and arts participation are hallmarks
  of civic awareness. They play a part in
  revitalizing the communities in which we live and
  our sense of community at every level

Arts involvement promotes and improves both
the individual and the community
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The Bottom Line

• Arts and arts involvement enhances individual
  development and benefits the community
• Arts involvement makes for more complete and
  fulfilled individuals
• Arts involved people are generally more active in
  community causes
• BAC promotes the arts, encourages individual arts
  involvement, and brings a wide variety of art to
  the local population
• BAC helps to connect the Brookings arts community
  to the regional and state art communities
• The Cultural Center is a local art destination
  and could be more

The BAC is the only local organization that
attempts to promote, teach and connect all art
forms to the community
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What You Can Do

• Get involved
• Visit the Cultural Center and experience art
  created by local and regional artists
• Talk to an artist at one of BACs free artists
  receptions
• Take, suggest or teach a BAC class
• Submit your art to the one of the BACs juried
  art shows
• Bring your friends and out of town guests to the
  Cultural Center - there is always something to
  see
• Become a BAC member or Business/Corporate Sponsor
  with a tax deductible contribution
• Students - 10
• Individuals - 25-49
• Families/Friend of the Arts - 50-99
• Individual and corporate/business entities -
  greater amounts if you can and wish to do so
• Members receive 10 reduction in cost of BAC
  classes, quarterly newsletter and exhibit
  mailings
• Support the other local opportunities for art
• SD Art Museum
• Brookings Chamber Music Society
• SDSU Theater Productions
• Brookings Community Theater

Active arts involvement enriches your life
and makes Brookings a better community