Extra money for Carmel arts groups on hold
Carmel Mayor James Brainard's request for an additional $1.36 million in arts funding is lingering in a city council committee.
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Indianapolis Opera stays afloat as peer companies call it quits
Next season will start later and feature a money-saving collaboration with Indiana University.
Brainard requests more money for Carmel arts center
Carmel Mayor James Brainard wants to give the Center for the Performing Arts another $840,000 to cover its bills through December—on top of a $5.5 million subsidy he orchestrated last fall.
Indy art museum receives grant for Miller House
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has received a grant to digitize, catalog, and put online a collection of materials about a 1957 modernist-style home in Columbus designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen.
Financial Planning Association sponsors orchestra
Group support of ISO pulls in first-time donors.
Financial review questions some spending at Carmel arts center
A taping of the PBS show "The Sinatra Legacy" was one of the activities the board of directors reviewed after former CEO Steven Libman resigned last summer.
Carmel’s Center for Performing Arts trims staff
The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel eliminated five positions this week as interim CEO Frank Basile tries to rein in costs at the financially challenged organization that oversees the Palladium.
ISO reports smaller deficit, bigger endowment
The parent organization of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra said its expenses exceeded revenue by $1.7 million on a budget of $25.6 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The deficit was $1 million less than a year ago, while the ISO endowment grew by $5.5 million.
Heartland nearing $12.5 million fundraising goal
The not-for-profit, whose annual film festival in Indianapolis opens Thursday, has surpassed $10 million and hopes to hit its goal of $12.5 million by the end of next year.
Indianapolis printer receives national honor for arts support
Printing Partners is one of the top 10 corporate arts supporters in the nation, according to Americans for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
Captain Kidd’s cannon to land at Children’s Museum
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis received a $1 million grant from the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation to support expeditions by an Indiana University team to Captain Kidd’s ship in the Dominican Republic.
Butler University to close 102-year-old dance academy
Butler University said Thursday that it plans to close its Jordan Academy of Dance due to economic reasons. The academy, which has more than 200 students, ages 3-17, will shut down May 31.
Ex-Emmis exec uses estate toolkit to fund Butler venue
Howard Schrott will provide $6.5 million toward the $13 million performing-arts building.
Eiteljorg, Indianapolis Symphony pull in new visitors
Exhibit, grant power audience development initiatives.
Not-for-profits hang out consulting shingle
Tight budgets are prompting some of the state’s largest not-for-profit organizations to launch new businesses to shore up the bottom line. The Indianapolis Museum of Art, for example, has a contract to manage the airport’s art collection.
Arts groups prepare fundraising campaigns
This year, five organizations announced or began preparing for the launch of major campaigns. The targets ranged from $12.5 million for Heartland Truly Moving Pictures to $100 million for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Fishers Arts Council cranks up effort to support creative community
The Fishers Arts Council, which merged this year with the Fishers Cultural Alliance, is looking to become the suburb’s foremost arts advocate.
Arts funding maintained in proposed city budget
Funding for city arts programs is expected to remain at $1 million in 2011, even as the mayor’s budget plan calls for cutting
$22
million in local spending. Funding for the parks department also should remain flat, at $21.1 million.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Arts groups strive to keep lean
Awaiting the 2011 city budget, Arts Council of Indianapolis’ Dave Lawrence discusses his transition to CEO and lessons
learned as arts funding grows scarce.
Civic Theatre gears up for capital campaign
Actress and former Indiana Repertory Theatre staff member Megan McKinney has been hired to prepare for the three-year fundraising
initiative.