2015 Pueblo Arts

Alliance

ANNUAL

REPORT

Pueblo Arts Alliance

107 S Grand, Studio I, Pueblo, CO 81003

Phone: 719.242.6652

2015 HIGHLIGHTS

In June, Pueblo Arts Alliance purchased a 16,000 square foot property at 107 S Grand Avenue and 401 City

Center Drive. This multi-use studio and retail space enables affordable opportunities for an artistic and

business infusion of 22 new creative insudtries. The Arts Alliance office is now located in this facility.

There are 723 creative occupation jobs in the Pueblo Creative Corridor with earnings of $29.3M a gain of

$1.1M over 2013. There was an increase of 66% in state arts agency grant funding to non-profit arts

organizations in the Creative Corridor.

Artisan’s Series continued to connect and highlight the diversity of creative industry in the Pueblo Creative

Corridor. The 2015 Artisan’s Series included, “Floats and Aerialists,” “Brews and Ballet,” and “Salsa con Salsa.”

Figure 1: Artisan Series, Pueblo Aerialists Figure 2: Premier Ballet

PUEBLO CREATIVE CORRIDOR RESULTS

The Creative Corridor is a state certified Creative District. Focused around the three historic city centers

of Pueblo: Downtown Main Street, Union Avenue Historic District and the Mesa Junction. Each retains

its uniqueness while collaborating for maximum effectiveness. The Creative Corridor was formed with a

partnership of the Pueblo Arts Alliance, Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority (PURA), and City of Pueblo to

attract artists, creative entrepreneurs and visitors as a strategy to infuse new energy and innovation and

enhance the economic and civic capital of the community. The Pueblo Arts Alliance is the administrator

of the Corridor and is responsible for facilitating meetings, communicating with the Corridor

volunteers, strategic planning, meeting state requirements for technical support, data collection and

reporting. The Creative District program through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade is focused

on the creation of more opportunities for the Creative Industry Sector.

The 2014 creative industry results for the Pueblo Creative Corridor show the following top industry earners:

*Data from Creative Vitality Suite, a resource provided by the Western Arts Federation for the Colorado

Creative Districts.

Creative Industry Includes: Design, Literary and Publishing, Film and Media, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and Crafts, and Heritage.

The Colorado Creative District program is funded by:

Promoters $7.0M

Newspaper Publishers $6.0M

Software Publishers $2.8M

Radio Stations $2.4M

Commercial Gravure Printing…

Industry Earnings Industry Type

PROGRAM RESULTS

Pueblo’s First Friday Art Walk

Our outdoor performances continue to be a “living commercial” for the arts in Pueblo.

15,000 Pueblo Creative Corridor Explorer Guides distributed

27 galleries and Creative Industry businesses participating

67 hours of performances from May through October, with 28 performing groups,

a 20% increase from 2014

VanGO Art Shuttle travels a 15 stop loop of the Creative Corridor every month

Sponsors: Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority, Legacy

Bank, Black Hills Energy, the Pueblo Chieftain, Sonntag Family Dentistry, and Greater

Pueblo Chamber of Commerce

Grant Funding: Colorado Creative Industries, David & Lucille Packard Foundation

Yule Love It Downtown, Pueblo Arts & Shopping Crawl

Holiday street performers and visual arts displays in Downtown Pueblo every weekend in

December help to support an enhanced holiday shopping experience.

4 weekends, beginning November 27

53 hours of street performances, with over 100 performers participating

Sponsors: Legacy Bank, Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, Pueblo Downtown

Association, Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority, Black Hills Energy, Sonntag Family Dentistry,

Thatcher Building

Partners: Pueblo Riverwalk, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo City County Library District

Mesa Junction Second Sunday Art Bash

This event includes local arts and crafts, and live entertainment, as well as hands-on arts

activities for all ages.

2nd Sundays July- October

16 hours of performances, with 13 performers participating

Sponsors: Legacy Bank Partners: Pueblo City County Library

Figure 4: Street Beat Performer, Ben Long

Figure 3: Steel City Art Works Attic Sale at Arts Alliance

Studios

Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival - Local Performing Arts Tent

Fourth year of participation by Arts Alliance members in the Chile Festival awarded Arts Alliance with great audience exposure.

22 local performing groups

100,000+ Attendance

Event provided for Pueblo Greater Chamber of Commerce.

Street Beat, Summer Arts Festival

Performing and visual artists enchanted the Creative Corridor with free street performances.

14 local acts

269 hours of performances

68 hours of extra un-paid hours performed

Event provided for Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority, with matching funds from Sonntag Family Dentistry, Hunter Orthodontics,

Colorado State University-Pueblo, Black Hills Energy, K.W. Swerdfeger Construction, and Union Avenue Merchants

Backstage Pass

This annual fundraiser and celebration benefits the arts, culture, and history

of Pueblo with live music, a silent auction, and the Pueblo Arts Awards.

$5,000 raised

Sponsors: Sonntag Family Dentistry, Rory & Judith Cook, Legacy Bank, Big

Bear Liquor

2015 Pueblo Arts Awards

Outstanding Accomplishment: Cynthia Ramu, for her dedication to

the Levee Mural Project.

Angel of the Year: Bill Zwick, for his behind the scenes support for

public art and creative projects in the City of Pueblo.

Hall of Fame: Heather Thompson, for her lifelong commitment to

the performing arts in Pueblo, including the summer youth theater

camps, Impossible Players, and Pueblo Performing Arts Guild. Figure 5: Pueblo Arts Awards: Bill Zwick, Cynthia Ramu, Heather Thompson

2015 INCOME AND EXPENSES

INCOME Grant Funding 46,595 In-Kind Donations 38,210 Programs 22,403 Public Support 17,329 Membership 5,613 Rental Income 5,000 Misc 185 Total Income 135,333 EXPENSES Programs 56,764 In-kind 38,210 Administration 33,196 Studios 26,437* Fundraising 2,128 Total Expenses 156,735

*Notes: Mile High Community Loan Fund draw covered interest expense for Studios through 2015.

Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015

ASSETS

Current Assets 44,955

Fixed Assets- Building 462,778

Other Assets 500

Total Assets 508,233

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Liabilities

Current Liabilities 53

Mile High Community Loan 497,443

Total Liability 497,496

Equity

Opening Balance 17,870

Offset Opening Balance -17,870

Unrestricted Net Assets 32,132

Net Income -21,396

Total Equity 10,737

Total Equity and Liability 508,233

34%

28%

17%

13%

4% 4%

2015 INCOME

Grant Funding

In-Kind Donations

Programs

Public Support

Membership

Rental Income

ARTS ALLIANCE BOARD MEMBERS

Boettcher Foundation

City of Pueblo

Colorado Creative Industries

Colorado State University- Pueblo

Destination Pueblo

Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce

Historic Arkansas River Project

Latino Chamber of Commerce of Pueblo

Legacy Bank

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

PARTNERS PEDCO

Pueblo City Center Partnership

Pueblo City-County Library District

Pueblo Community College

Pueblo County Economic Development Corporation

Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority

Pueblo Downtown Association

Small Business Development Center

Southern Colorado Community Foundation

Figure 6: Radeaux and John Wilbar instal a Wilbar sculpture at Arts Alliance

Studios.

2015 MEMBERS

Theatre and Performance Art Colorado Art & Artist Development

Associates

Damon Runyon Repertory Theatre

Pueblo Historical “Ghost Walk”

Steel City Theatre Company

Theater of Mystery

Music Chamber Music with the Veronika String

Quartet

Change Agents

Cinco Pa Winds

DT and the Colorado Kids

Mariachi Amigos

Pueblo Symphony Association

Songbird Cellars

The Band Sparrow

Education CSU-Pueblo Art Department

Pueblo City Schools

Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences

Dance

Grupo Folklorico del Pueblo

Izotov Dance Academy

Premiere Ballet

Sarah Shaw Dance Studio

Businesses & Organizations

Adobe Mesa Catering

Allegre Images

Alpha Mu Delta

Angelo’s Pizza Parlor

Bellezza Design Boutique

Betty’s Costumes

Broadway Cup ‘n Cork

Formulary 55

Gagliano’s Italian Market

Gold Dust Saloon

Gypsy Java’s

Handsome Goods and Paper Co.

Handweaver’s Guild of Pueblo

Latino Chamber of Commerce of

Pueblo

Pueblo Economic Development

Corporation

Razmataz

Stitcher’s Garden

Studio 123

The Fire Playce

Galleries & Museums

Cup & Bowl Studio & Gallery

El Pueblo History Museum

Gallery 201

Golden M Southwest

Latka Studios

Pendarvis Art Studio & Gallery

Pueblo Art Guild

Sage Art Academy

Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference

Center

Steel City Art Works

The John Deaux Art Gallery

Turf Exchange Visual Art Center

Individual Artists

Alana Buglewicz

Becca Klock

Benjamin Long

Bruce Wagner

Christian Jaquez

Ed Hill

Eric Lars Bakke

Feliza Art & Design

Frances Giron

In Much of Madness

Ina Bernard

James Amos

Individual Artists (continued)

John Wark

John Wilbar

Josh Floyd

Julie Cain

Kellie Cason O’Connor

Kenny Ortiz

Kimberly Sewell

Linda Cates

Maureen Keenan-Mason

Michael Boyd

Nancy Pisciotta

Nick Radford

Papa Ours

Roberto Martinez

Salvatore Pace

Sam Pisciotta

Steve Parke

Tom Ossner

Troy Harris

Wendy Keller

2015 DONORS

Kathy Farley and Fran McClave

Bingo Burger

Rickard Clay

Julie Ann & Jeff Woods

Ruth Nerenberg

Rush's Lumber

Richard and Diane Ratliff

Mike and Rae Ann Blazer

Rita Gersick

Clayton and Nancy Kettelkamp

Barbara Yaeger

Jill Moring and Howard Hayden

Wayne Genova

John Wilbar

Connie Wilbar

James K. Schwartzenberger

Richard and Annette Knudsen

Mike and Fran Hurtado

Linda Crawford

Kathleen Hearn Croshal

Larry Janezich

Steel City Art Works

Jarvis and Mary Jo Ryals

Fran Dodd

Judy Martinez

Dee Weber Mini-Storage

Mo Keenan-Mason

Rev. and Mrs. Ken Butcher

Jocelyn Martinez-Brown

Shanna Lewis

Doris Kester

Scott Whited

Wayne Genova

Trish and Ken Thompson

Karen Gray

Megan Murillo

Alfredo Kemm

PROGRAM SPONSORS

Big Bear Wine and Spirits

Black Hills Energy

Colorado State University - Pueblo

The Greater Pueblo Chamber

Hunter Orthodontics

K. W. Swerdfeger Construction

Legacy Bank

The Pueblo Chieftain

Pueblo Downtown Association

Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority

Rory & Judith Cook

Sonntag Family Dentistry

Thatcher Building

Union Avenue Merchants

FOUNDATION AND STATE

GRANTS David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Colorado Creative Industries

The K Foundation