Art Guild of Fayetteville
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We are seeking more funding from businesses and individuals in all the towns and communities we serve. ARTS provides our services to many towns within Fayette and surrounding counties. However, here to fore, most of our contributions, donations and underwriting has come from businesses and individuals in the Fayetteville area, where our organization began and is headquartered. Currently, we are holding meetings with the influencers in the other towns to ask for help with funding the expenses of the programs held within their communities. After all, study after study has shown that the arts (small "a") improve the quality of life and favorably impact the economy of the communities who have a vibrant art scene.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Fine Arts Assemblies
Due to the lack of proximity to metropolitan cities, children in rural areas have little access to fine arts and performing artists. ARTS brings national and international performing artists into the area schools for fine arts assemblies, at no cost to the schools and students. ARTS pays for the travel expenses as well as the performing artists' fees. We coordinate the artists' schedules with the schools, and the shows are booked with the area schools on a first come first serve basis. Some of the artists and groups we have sponsored in the past include Ballet Austin, Houston Grand Opera's "Opera To Go", the University of Houston's Concert Chorale, Rattle Tree Marimba from Zimbabwe, Darden Smith's "Be a Songwriter," and harpist Juan Cabrera from Paraguay.
Art After School
Due to budget cuts, rural schools offer a very limited curriculum in fine art education. ARTS offers after school classes to area students, ages 6-18, in a variety of artistic media, as well as theater arts classes. To ensure availability to all socioeconomic classes, all after school classes are free. The subject matter varies according to teacher availability. ARTS contracts with the teachers and the facilities for the after school classes. This year we held 2-3 AAS classes in each of 8 different rural locations in Fayette and surrounding counties.
Summer Art Camp
ARTS offers week-long summer art camps in 5 towns in Fayette County. Classes are held in different media, writing, photography, theatre arts, etc, depending on teacher availability and classroom availability. Class fees are $90 per class which does not cover the cost of the classes. Some scholarships are available on a "need" basis. The majority of classes are for grade school age children.
Emerging Artists Competition
Each summer, young artists in grades 6-12 are encouraged to enter up to 2 pieces of their artwork in a competition, Cash prizes totaling $3,000 are awarded to the winners of the competition. Their artwork is hung in our gallery for several weeks for viewing by the general public.
Teen Summer Workshops
Teens are taught in different medium by professional artists.
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Studies show that including the arts in a child's development increases the likelihood of a successful and fulfilling life. We want to expand the horizons of our local area children and prepare them to be better citizens of the world. We want them to be aware of the diverse fine and performing arts which may influence their chosen careers, activities, lifestyles and hobbies in later life. We want our children to see something other than pop culture on their electronic devices and we are introducing them to cultures from other parts of the world. Additionally, we want to stimulate the minds of our adults through our Lecture Series and art classes and performing artists.
ARTS believes that the fine arts are important to the success of our American culture and society as a whole. A living, breathing arts scene contributes to the desirability of an area, and thus increases the appeal and attractiveness of homebuyers and landowners, helping to stabilize and possibly grow the region's population.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Continue our current programs and look for new ways to bring the arts to the communities in our region. Survey our citizens from time to time to make sure that we serving the needs of our population in a world that is ever changing.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
ARTS is able to partner with the area school districts to schedule our fine arts assemblies and classes to enhance the learning experience of our rural children. We have the resources to identify and hire desirable teachers for our art after school classes and summer art camps; we are able to contract with artists on the approved Texas Commission on the Arts to come to our small communities. We have also been successful in attracting larger groups of performers (professional and university level) to perform for our students and communities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We would like to have more involvement from our children's parents. While we enjoy the passive endorsement by the parents by enrolling their children in our Arts After School and Summer Art Camps, we would like to have the parents attend and perhaps volunteer for more of our events.
We will reach out to this group for suggestions to get them involved.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Art Guild of Fayetteville
Board of directorsas of 02/09/2023
Mrs. Lea Ann Walker
Retired Teacher
Term: 2022 - 2023
Karen Bookout
Veterinarian
Frances Pittman
Retired, Realtor
Julie Robertson
Noble Energy
Alisa Rowe
John Pittman
Retired, Oil & Gas Exec
Pam Brooks
Pam Doty
Accountant
Sandra Borne
Kim Garwood
Retired, Teacher
Carole Hurley
Linda Jones
Michael Clann
Retired, Attorney
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.