PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Administrative Team

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Administrative Team

NEW STAFF POSITION Museums Specialist Jennifer Ortiz

NEW STAFF POSITION Folk Arts Specialist Adrienne Decker

NEW STAFF Grants Manager Laurel Cannon Alder

LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS $60,000 Ongoing Funds Art Acquisitions $40,000 Ongoing Funds Art Conservation $100,000 One-Time Museum Grants $200,000 One-Time Art Storage/Shelving

LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS SB 194 – Sponsored by Senator Dabakis First Annual State-Wide High School Art Competition - Senator Niederhauser

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Arts Education Team

ARTS EDUCATION 2015 Achievements – Served 1,335 teachers through professional development – Poetry Out Loud – 41 schools, 25 school districts, and 5,859 students, an increase of 13.5% student participation. – AE facilitates judging for Utah PTA Reflections Program. Utah students received eight Awards of Merit and nine Awards of Excellence at the national competition. More than any other state in the nation! 2015 POL State Finals

Chase Home Museum Team PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

CHASE HOME MUSEUM 2015 Achievements – Providing professional development workshops at the Chase Home Museum – New folk art exhibits – Mondays in the Park Mondays in the ParkChase Home Museum of Folk Arts Museum Workshop

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Community Outreach Team

COMMUNITY OUTREACH 2015 Achievements – Held 11 local arts agency meetings throughout the state – Change Leader Institute: Twenty-nine Change Leaders certified this year bringing the total to over 200 Idaho and Colorado have initiated the Change Leader program based on Utah’s model NASAA chose to host its national leadership meeting in Utah because of Change Leader 2014 Change Leader Institute

COMMUNITY OUTREACH 2015 Achievements – OnStage in Utah funding was given to 19 presenters bringing both local and national performing artists to enrich communities. OnStage in Utah Recipients

Visual Arts Team PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Visual Arts Team PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

VISUAL ARTS 2015 Achievements – Entire Folk Arts Collection has been properly boxed and conserved. – Traveling Exhibits had 72 showings of 19 exhibits at 50 venues in 21 counties with 105,011 viewers. – In partnership with the Road Home, 112 works of unclaimed art were placed with residents of Palmer Court. Unclaimed Art at Palmer Court Traveling Exhibit

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