2008 - 2009 Year End Report to the Community Mission Statement The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center will utilize its historic building to create a leading arts organization. The Carnegie will provide a venue for emerging and established artists to create, perform and exhibit; provide educational opportunities for the discovery and enhancement of creativity; and celebrate the arts. Carnegie 2008 - 2009 Programs The Carnegie Galleries This past fiscal year The Carnegie galleries exhibited 148 local and regional artists. The six Carnegie galleries provide a venue for artist to learn how to install and promote their art and exhibit to the public. In essence, building their resume and helping them take another step forward into the professional art world. The Eva G. Farris Education Center The Eva G. Farris Education Center provided over 9,000 contact hours to children in our community, 86% of whom live at or below the poverty level. This past fiscal year The Carnegie continued its collaboration with Covington Independent Public School, expanded its ArtStop program from two hours of drop-in programming to three hours split between drop-in and registered, and implemented the new Camp Carnegie summer drama camp. Drop-in ArtStop: The Carnegie's Eva G. Farris Education Center opened its doors in September 2008 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday throughout the school year for the ArtStop Drop-in Program. The Drop-in program continued to provide a range of different arts experiences every day for all ages. Participants worked on a collaborative quilt, mosaic, made funky dolls, crazy creatures and simply experienced sticking their hands into something gooey or playing with a material they've never seen before. We invite kids from the neighborhood, families from the suburbs, grandparents, babysitters, preschoolers, teenagers. This is a community space where people from diverse backgrounds come together to create. By coming together to create as a community, we are changing the world. Registered ArtStop: Also, starting in September 2008, the Carnegie will began a Registered ArtStop Program. Registered ArtStop allowed participants to experience more specific, age appropriate programming. Participants were able to sign up for specific classes from 5:15pm to 6:30pm, Monday through Friday throughout the school year. A six week schedule looked like the following: Mondays (5:15pm to 6:30pm): Drama for ages 5 to 8 Tuesdays (5:15pm to 6:30pm): Photography for ages 12 to 15 Wednesdays (5:15pm to 6:30pm): Film making for ages 13 to 18 Thursdays (5:15pm to 6:30pm): Fabric Arts for ages 9 to 12 Fridays: (5:15pm to 6:30pm): Ceramics for ages 7 to 15 Registered ArtStop provided more challenging projects, a greater range of arts experiences, and a sense of pride in completing a task and following through. Camp Carnegie: Funky Fables allowed children to explore the world of Fables from a new perspective. Camp Carnegie classes included hands-on art making, dramatic exercises, writing, brainstorming, teambuilding, problem solving, and a great deal of fun. After completing their funky fable, participants had a final performance in the Otto M. Budig Theatre. The Otto M. Budig Theatre The Otto M. Budig Theatre had an incredible year featuring The Mousetrap (a collaboration with New Edgecliff Theatre), the sold out Jesus Christ Superstar (a collaboration with Northern Kentucky University theater department), The Secret Garden, an expanded Carnegie in Concert series (from 4 performances to 8), booked over 89 additional nights to schools and arts groups who do not have a venue of their own, and organized the first (now to be annual) Suits That Rock event. (Suits That Rock is and event where The Carnegie assembled more than twenty major corporate, business and university leaders who are CEO's, COO's and CFO's and gathered them on stage to put on a rock concert.) In addition, The Carnegie serves as a community partner, hosting events such as the Martin Luther King Day Celebration, the Day of Peace (held by the Women's Crisis Center) and ArtWorks Day. 2009 Board of Trustees Executive Committee Professional Affiliation Scott Farrell, President US Bank Mary Burns, Vice President Johnson Trust Company Damian Sells, Vice President Odd Fellows Hall / The Avenue Steve Horn, Treasurer Christopher Financial Group Deni Tato, Secretary Consultant Trustees Ron Bates Legg Mason Investment Counsel Mark Boire Toyota Karen Bosse Community Volunteer Reeta Brendamor White Getgey & Meyer Co., LPA Steve Brunson Republic Bank Mary Ellen Cody Community Volunteer Kathy Comisar Corporex Companies Liz Comstock Community Volunteer Mike DeMarsh National City Molly Dietz Design Details Maureen Donnelly Community Volunteer Jane Domaschko Community Volunteer Mark Exterkamp The Bank of Kentucky Eva G. Farris Community Volunteer Mark Hardy Northern Kentucky University Jim Lazzari FRCH Design Worldwide John Mocker Lolly Pipe Kendra Overbeck Huntington Bank Penny Pomeranz ProScan Erin Schaeffer St. Luke Pediatric Center Litsa Spanos Art Design Consultants, Inc. Jeff Thomas Jeff Thomas Catering Rachel Votruba Northern Kentucky University Frances Williams Community Volunteer Financials The following information is based on The Carnegie's audited financial statements for the year end June 30, 2009 Total Income $925,738 Expenses - $1,287,654 Fundraising - $43,198 Administrative - $234,820 Programs - $1,009,636 Expenses in Excess of Income ($361,916) Beginning net assets $3,749,216 Ending net assets $3,387,300 Total liabilities $76,565 Total assets $3,463,865 Click here for a The Carnegie's most current 990.