December 2010
December 7, 2010
The Arts Commission Barnes & Noble Bookfair Fundraiser is just 5 days away! The in-store line up for the day has just been announced: Performances include: -11am: Hmong Cultural Arts dance ensemble -Noon: Sacramento Poets & Writers: Laureate Bob Stanley, host and poetry; Valerie Fioravanti, fiction; Tim Kahl, poetry; Katie McCleary, non-fiction reading their own work and holiday favorites. -3pm: Sinag-Tala Filipino Theatre Performing Arts Association -4pm: The FreeBadge Serenaders - "irreverant jug jazz" and more! -5pm: Vox Musica women's vocal ensemble Activities include: Don't forget! If you can't attend the Bookfair at Arden Fair, you can still support the Arts Commission by using Bookfair ID 10375962 and shopping at any Barnes & Noble store on Dec 12 or shopping online Dec 13-Dec 17. November 2010  Support the Arts Commission and get your holiday shopping done at the same time!
Live in-store performances, special guests, and more! Sunday, December
12, 2010 9am-9pm at Barnes & Noble Arden Fair, Sacramento. Barnes & Noble Arden Fair is located at: Can't attend the bookfair? October 2010  October offers a particularly diverse slate of arts events, festivals and activities providing an appropriate kick
off opportunity for the awareness campaign. And this year’s PSA
campaign will set the stage for the first annual arts festival for
Sacramento in October, 2011.
This new campaign is a twist on the continuing marketing campaign the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Sacramento’s local arts agency devoted to advancing community through arts and culture. Launched a year ago and designed to keep the arts in the public eye, ARTS. OPEN DAILY, has been applauded to date. This fall, the Arts Commission and the Sacramento Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (SCVB), with printing support from the Sacramento News & Review (SN&R), partnered to bring Sacramento the new October campaign. Mayor Kevin Johnson recently commented on the festival concept, “I have seen buses, taxi cabs and downtown banners advertising Arts Open October and it’s a great campaign. I encourage everyone to come out and see it. An arts and cultural festival celebrating all of Sacramento’s diversity is an established goal of the For Arts’ Sake campaign and we look for it to be realized in October 2011.” The focus of the PSA campaign is that the arts are alive in Sacramento, as exemplified by the many rich offerings in October. The call to action for up-to-date arts and cultural information is the web site Sacramento365.com. This comprehensive online calendar was launched by the Arts Commission and the SCVB in October 2008. Its popularity has grown steadily with over 3-million hits in a month. The business partnerships created for this year's PSA campaign and future festival stem from existing relationships between like-minded businesses. The Arts Commission and SCVB share a similar desire to engage both residents and visitors alike in the many cultural opportunities in this region. Early in 2011, look for a special listing for the arts festival on the Sacramento365.com website, presenting an opportunity for businesses and individuals to participate and up-to-date information on the planning process. September 2010 September 28, 2010
PIZZA AS ART T-Shirts
Do you love pizza? After you eat Hot Italian’s
wonderful pie, consider purchasing a PIZZA AS ART t-shirt! 100% of net
proceeds come back to us to help advance the arts community in
Sacramento. The 2nd edition shirt is
available, as well as limited supplies of the 1st edition. Get them
while they last and help support the arts!  2nd Edition Pizza as Art Shirt (Left) 1st Edition Pizza as Art Shirt - Limited Supply Available! (Right) Special thanks to Andrea Lepore of Hot Italian for support of a thriving arts community.
September 23, 2010 In partnership with Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau and Sacramento News & Review, we are tweaking ARTS. OPEN DAILY. this fall to promote OCTOBER as the month of amazing arts offerings, including the opening of Crocker. Go to Sacramento365.com for complete event listings. Help support the Arts Commission's major public service campaign to support the arts by downloading an ARTS. OPEN DAILY. print ad or web banner ad and including it in your collateral material. Your support will help keep the campaign active and noticed. August 2010
August 18, 2010 In an effort to increase the re-granting dollars available to the Arts Commission, Friends of the Arts Commission is initiating a fundraising campaign. Funds raised will be directed back to the arts community in the form of grants, program support and arts marketing.
We'd like to ask you to include a new ad whenever possible. This new ad promotes our fundraising efforts. The ads are available on the the Arts Commission website, in color and black and white versions. Your support is very much appreciated. Please send samples of the ad in your collateral material to the the Arts Commission office so that we can keep them on file. July 2010 July 26, 2010 An Evening with David Garibaldi  As an appreciative nod to the Arts Commission, the local arts endeavor that supported him at the beginning of his career, a charity auction will be held for the paintings that David creates that night, with 50% of proceeds going to the benefit the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission through their non-profit ‘Friends of the Arts Commission’. This is an historic event; inspirational and entertaining, and an artistic evening you will not want to miss – plus it offers an exciting way to support the arts too! Please note: Anyone interested in bidding on Garibaldi’s art, please email lpederson@yahoo.com to get details on that exciting opportunity. Advance tickets for the event are available here. July 12, 2010 Million Plates Campaign for the Arts  Plus, the Arts Plates are now tax deductible. All fees for the Arts Plate are considered a charitable contribution to the California Arts Council. Businesses and residents looking to support arts statewide now have an extra incentive to support California arts - and have a cool looking license plate as well. The plate's image, titled "Coastline," was created in 1993 by California artist Wayne Thiebaud. Since the Arts Plate first went on sale in 1994 it has raised over $20 million for California arts through sales and renewals. Currently over 60% of the California Arts Council’s budget comes from the Arts Plate. June 2010 June 14, 2010 Roll Out of the New Arts. Open Daily. Poster Panels  This one is located at Auburn Boulevard & Manzanita Ave. Contact: Roberta McClellan, (916) 595-9800, or robertaamcclellan@comcast.net
LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TURN-OUT TO SUPPORT THE ARTS
Sacramento, CA- In challenging times, all businesses work to maintain visibility in the public eye. Doing so is critical to survival. This is particularly true in the non-profit arts sector and the motivation behind a new series of public service messages produced by the Friends of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission.
The PSAs are part of the Arts Commission’s ARTS. OPEN DAILY awareness campaign that launched late last year and will continue for the next several years. These new video messages focus on the tremendous community support, economic impact and general need for the arts in Sacramento.
The PSAs feature business leaders, such as Matt Mahood of Sacramento Metro Chamber, Linda Cutler of GenCorp; Michael Ault of Downtown Sacramento Partnership, and Sid Garcia-Heberger of Crest Theatre; heads of social service organizations and schools such as Beth Hassett of WEAVE, Dr. Shana Henry of Edward Kemble Elementary School and Derrell Roberts of the Roberts Family Development Center, as well as leaders in the arts community such as Maestro Michael Morgan of Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephanie Gularte of Capital Stage and Lial Jones of Crocker Art Museum.
Each statement communicates a clear understanding of how important the arts are to our quality of life, to our neighborhoods, schools and communities, and to the local economy.
It is Friends of the Arts Commission's position that continued public funding of the arts is critical. Chair of the Arts Commission and Board member of Friends of the Arts Commission Dan Gorfain states that "For over 30 years, the Arts Commission has been the foundational support of the arts, providing amazing resources to hundreds of artists, schools and organizations. Our grantees leverage small dollars into outreach programs for the disadvantaged and our youth."
Friends of the Arts Commission Board Chair Jan Geiger states that the Arts Commission's grantees are helping at-risk parents to get their kids to attend school, to avoid gangs, and helping our seniors lead healthy lives." Commissioner Cheryl Holben says "First we created our online event calendar, which went from 600 hits the first month to 3.7 million hits twelve months later. Now, with these ‘ARTS. Open Daily’. PSAs, how can we ignore the tangible value every strata of our community places on the arts?”
Due to continued economic challenges, the Arts Commission is facing further cuts by the City and County, already having absorbed a 50% cut over 2 years. "As the public arm for the arts, the Arts Commission is fulfilling its mission of advancing community through arts and culture." says Rhyena Halpern, Executive Director of the agency. Chair Gorfain: “We have a mayor who places very high priority on the arts. have heard him say at multiple For Arts' Sake meetings that he wants to augment and support the Arts Commission’s work. He recognizes our importance in the community. “
The PSAs can be viewed by going to: Sacramento365.com's YouTube page
In a commissioned Arts Commission Economic Impact Study (2001) research showed that the arts, with its related industries, impacted the region by $350 million; contributed $1.35 million in local tax revenues, and was undercapitalized by 2.8 million annually. The 2010 National Arts Index of the Americans for the Arts, found that as of January 2008, Sacramento is home to 1515 arts-related businesses that employ 7061 people. |
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