Only 7 days after a new director was announced for the SF Arts council, a glimmering report about the economic impact of the arts appears in the media.
If you read the 2011 Financial report, you will find some interesting data about ‘economic’ impact to our city;
Only 10% of their total budget was spent on actual services and programs. Maybe this is why they moved out of the Pavilion and into a new location?
The Sioux Falls Arts Council is located in the Crane Centre at 8th & RR, 326 E. 8th Street, Suite 106B.
So they had to move out of the Horse Barn due to expenses, or whatever, but now they move to another location and spend 90% of their budget on operations and administration? I don’t know about you, but spending $1 a year rent for the Horse Barn sounded like a pretty sweet ass deal.
So what are their goals for 2012?
I am not the only one that finds it a bit odd that they move out of the Pavilion, name a new director and release an economic impact report in such a short period of time. Maybe this is a good thing? I can only speculate. But I do suggest that the money they take in should ACTUALLY be spent on arts programming, maybe that should be the first bullet point on this ‘action plan’.