Wisconsin Arts Board Best Practices

Best Practices of FY09 Creation and Presentation Applicants

CPP Program

Identified by the Two FY09
Creation and Presentation Panels

Note: some of the Best Practices referenced below do not work for every community—nor should they. They are provided here for reference. It is up to each organization to determine which practices will translate well to their community, and which will not.

Overall Application

Support Materials

Chippewa Valley Cultural Association – statement of financial position
Fond du Lac Symphonic Band (see also this sample)
Madison Children’s Museum (see also sample 2, sample 3, sample 4)
Madison Savoyards
Milwaukee Children’s Choir
UW-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater
UW-Whitewater Irvin L. Young Auditorium
Wisconsin Children’s Choir
Wisconsin Lutheran College

Strategic Plan

Marketing Plan

Kanopy Dance Theatre, Inc.
Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center
Milwaukee Choral Artists
South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
Three Lakes School/Community Arts Association - Series ticket holders receive stickers to mark concert dates on their calendars and a postcard reminder a week before the event.
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music

Evaluation

Express Yourself Milwaukee (see also this sample)
Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra
Racine Art Museum
Viterbo University
VSA Arts

Giving Programs/Partnerships

Bel Canto Chorus - giving program, impressive for their size
Kenosha Symphony Association - partnership with Kenosha Civil War Museum (Their opening concert of October 2008 was in celebration of the grand opening of the Kenosha Civil War Museum.)

Programming

Education Materials/Practices

Allegro Regional Dance Theater (see also sample 2)
Alverno Presents
Beloit Janesville Symphony
Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Danceworks, Inc.
Madison Cultural Arts District (see also sample 2, sample 3, sample 4)
Marquette University, Haggerty Museum of Art
Milwaukee Repertory Theater (see also sample 2)
Opera For the Young
Paine Art Center and Gardens (see also sample 2, sample 3, sample 4, sample 5)
Wausau Area Performing Arts Foundation

Work Samples – “Creating” Applicants

African American Children’s Theatre
Art and Nature Center
Festival Choir - Capitol Theater
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Madison Opera
Madison Savoyards
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Monroe Theater Guild
Monteverdi Master Chorale – strategic use of the work sample description form
Peninsula Art School of Door County, Inc.
Wausau Community Theatre

Work Samples – “Presenting” Applicants

Oshkosh Opera House Foundation
UW-Eau Claire Activities & Programming - Artistic Programming

Use of Technology

Integration of the Mission Statement

Creativity

Beloit Janesville Symphony
Central Wisconsin Children’s Theater
Folklore Village
Friends of Wisconsin Singers
Janesville Presents
Madison Youth Choirs
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Next Act Theatre
Renaissance Theaterworks
River Arts, Inc.
Shake Rag Alley
TAPIT/ New Works
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras
Woodland Pattern, Inc.

Specific Programs

Organizational Practice

Community Awareness/Involvement

Responses to Specific Creation and Presentation Narrative Questions:

Updated: May 06, 2009