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We believe strongly that the arts are a precious cultural commodity. Support for the arts is an investment in our community’s vibrancy, richness, intelligence, and character.
A NEW THEATER
PHCA is moving ahead with planning for a move in early 2011 into a new, larger, permanent space in the heart of the River North Arts District northeast of downtown Denver. We have enlisted the help of Denver’s Thriving Artist Alliance and we are currently viewing and assessing possible locations and building the infrastructure in preparation for a projected building selection in August or September 2009. Our vision is 5000 sq. ft. facility housing a 150-seat 50′x70′ black box theater, 1-2 rehearsal studios, and office spaces for current and future member organizations. (Vision and Needs Statement Summary).
As part of this project, we have established key partnerships with a coalition of presenters and creators will provide a platform to expand and diversify our current programs and activities in a space that can house that growth. Our full partnership is:
The Packing House Center for the Arts
Control Group performance company
The Boulder International Fringe Festival
kim olson / sweet edge dance
Syzygy Butoh
Band of Toughs Theatre Collaboratory
FUNDING UPDATE
With our Summer Benefit Party in June, we’ve started making headway toward our goal of $10,000 in private donations. In mid-July we’re kicking off an online Donation Campaign, sparked by the added incentive of a $3,000 Challenge Grant! This anonymous private pledge will match dollar for dollar the first $3,000 donated online, so give now and double your impact.
Campaign Description: This is a campaign to raise the necessary capital to make the transition into a larger facility. Funds will be used for: renovations, equipment, personnel, infrastructure development with partnership, operations for first 3 months.
Campaign Duration: June-December 2010
Projected total budget: $50,000
PHCA’s responsibility: $20,000
PHCA’s activity to date: $1,200
Distance to the finish line: $18,800
Campaign Elements/Strategy:
Benefit Parties (2): $4,000
Online Campaign: $6,000
Private Challenge Grants: $3,000
Foundation Grants (1-3): $7,000
OUR PITCH
Two basic premises underpin our belief in the value of and the need for our activities: ART MAKES BETTER HUMANS and BETTER HUMANS MAKE A BETTER WORLD. These are not assumptions; in fact, they have borne out repeatedly in studies of the role of the arts in economic vitality, the effects of arts in schools on students’ academic performance, and the direct relationship between regularity of aesthetic experiences and quality of life. Art cannot replace food, water, shelter, and health; but it can help create a culture where those needs are more available because the economy is more robust, the culture is more open and thoughtful, and people are more highly educated and capable.
The Denver/Boulder/Front Range community that we serve is not comprehensively starved for art. Rather, the local arts communities (like that of any locality) have strengths and weaknesses, surpluses and gaps in their offerings to the broader society. PHCA’s inception and development have been needs-driven. We have identified areas within Colorado’s growing arts culture that desperately demand attention, and have structured our programs to answer unfulfilled needs. We provide a platform for local artists to innovate, for emerging artists to grow, for hungry audiences to experience unique new works, for professionals and aspiring professionals to advance their skills, and for artists and audiences to participate in the evolving global arts dialogue. By doing these things we serve the whole local arts community by making it more expansive and robust; by doing that, we serve the well-being of the entire local culture.
Tax Exemption
PHCA is currently a registered not-for-profit corporation. We expect to receive 501(c)3 status by the end of 2010. In the meantime, if you are interested in making a donation we recommend that you do so through our fiscal sponsor. PHCA is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions on behalf of PHCA and Control Group Productions may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
To contribute by check:
Make check payable to ‘Fractured Atlas’ for ‘Control Group Productions’. Send to:
Control Group Productions
835 E. 50th Ave.
Denver, CO 80216
PHCA’s budget mixes earned income from events and rehearsal rentals with charitable giving from individuals and organizations. Individual giving is crucial to our non-profit funding. Among other things, it allows us to apply for matching funds through a broad array of public and private granting organizations, keeping our finances robust through diversified funding.
