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art mattersWith you art can change a life.Allied Arts Quarterly Newsletter Volume 10, Issue 3, Spring 20172017 Campaign for the ArtsThe Allied Arts annual campaign raises vital funding to ensureall children have the opportunity to develop creative problemsolving skills and build confidence through the arts. But itisn’t just schoolchildren who are being impacted by AlliedArts funding. Removing the barrier of museum admission, forexample, allows more families to enjoy creative experiencestogether. Alzheimer’s patients and veterans find healingthrough visual arts and music programming. As a whole, AlliedArts funds help ensure that more members of our communityhave the opportunity to experience the arts.Deborah McAuliffe Senner introduces 2017campaign leadership, the DOERsSince the Campaign Kickoff event on January 17, the AlliedArts 2017 campaign has raised more than 2.5 million – puttingus within reach of the goal of raising more than 3 million.The annual Kickoff event serves as the public launch of theAllied Arts fundraising campaign, bringing together donors,volunteers, civic leaders and art administrators.This year, the event showcased performances and storiesillustrating the power of the arts. Attendees gave a standingovation to Life Change Ballroom students after their rousingperformance and then learned that dance education hasprovided the students with mentorship, life skills training anda safe haven. Guests were also moved by the sensationalsinging of Sooner Theatre students who shared that theirparticipation in musical theatre helped them find their voice.And attendees learned that for just 50 cents per lesson, theOpry Heritage Foundation’s Granville School of Musichelps low-income students gain confidence, resulting instronger academic performance.This year’s campaign is chaired by Ann-Clore and WaltDuncan and Camilla and David Ostrowe with Jeanette andRand Elliott as honorary chairs. Visionary donors to date arethe Chickasaw Nation, Devon Energy Corporation and OGEEnergy Corp.If you haven’t already, you can donate to support the 2017campaign at alliedartsokc.com or by calling 278-8944.Thank you for your support!Life Change Ballroom students performEngage Your EmployeesLed by Science Museum Oklahoma,Sonic employees make their own robotsDid you know that Allied Arts offers opportunities that canfoster employee engagement? As part of our employeegiving program, Allied Arts staff visits local businesses andpresents on the importance of the arts in the communitywhile leading employees in creative team-building exercises.Last year, 107 Oklahoma organizations participated in theAllied Arts employee giving program. It’s not too late toenroll your company this year! For more information, pleaseemail laura.ketchum@alliedartsokc.com.

Your Investment in ActionAllied Arts Month ActivitiesOklahoma City Mayor Cornett proclaimsFebruary as Allied Arts MonthOklahoma Shakespeare in the Park performs a matinee forhigh school students. Photo Brett MarleyAllied Arts recently awarded 120,964 in grants to 33 nonprofitcultural organizations enhancing quality of life in central Oklahomaand beyond.Grants distributed through the Allied Arts Educational OutreachProgram help ensure that Oklahoma schoolchildren benefit fromthe enhanced confidence, improved academic performanceand heightened creative problem-solving skills received throughregular exposure to the arts. The program specifically funds artseducational programming that takes place in classrooms, afterschool sites and art facilities statewide. Projects funded in thiscycle include the provision of visual arts education at EugeneField Elementary in Oklahoma City after the teacher positionwas eliminated due to budget cuts; music education workshopsoffered at the annual Jazz in June festival in Norman; and balletperformances at the Civic Center Music Hall for classroomsacross the state.Grants distributed through the Allied Arts Capacity-BuildingProgram support training and development opportunities for thecultural community. Projects funded in this cycle include the useof consultant services to enhance organizational fundraising andgrantwriting; technology upgrades to ensure cybersecurity; andparticipation in conferences to network and learn from peer artsgroups. For the full list of recent grantees, please visitalliedartsokc.com/grants.On Valentine’s Day, Mayor Mick Cornett and the Oklahoma CityCouncil showed their love for the arts by proclaiming February 2017as Allied Arts Month. Prior to the proclamation, in his State of theCity address in January, Mayor Cornett emphasized the importantrole of the arts in our community’s general economy – using theOklahoma City Museum of Art’s Matisse exhibit drawing visitorsfrom all 50 states and 12 foreign countries and Lyric’s PlazaTheatre serving as an anchor for neighborhood revitalization astwo examples. He also stated, “This city is going places, and the artsare going to get us there. But we can’t rely on the same 100 peopleto fund all of these different artistic endeavors. We need 100,000people helping to fund the arts. We need a wider base.”You may have also seen the arts education efforts of Allied Artsmember agencies featured on Hahn Appliance TV commercials.Other Allied Arts Month promotions include features in TheOklahoman, radio spots running on Tyler Media, ads on Cox,KOCO, KFOR and 405 Magazine, and PSAs being shown atHarkins Theatre Bricktown. Keep an ear and eye out duringOklahoma City Thunder games as Chesapeake Energy hasdonated radio time and Enable Midstream has donated televisiontime to air Allied Arts PSAs and spots.You may have also noticed banners hung in downtown OklahomaCity, along Classen Blvd. and in Nichols Hills. These bannershighlight the support of individual and corporate donors thatcontribute 2,500 or more to the Allied Arts campaign.Allied Arts appreciates donations at all levels. All donors receive theAllied Arts quarterly newsletter and monthly e-update. Individualdonors at the 50 level receive the OKCityCard, a discount card thatoffers discounts on cultural programming, eating out and shoppingat more than 300 local locations.Young professionals can join Catalyst which offers leadership andvolunteer opportunities. Catalyst is 300 for a single membershipand 500 for a couple membership. Earlier in the year, Catalystmembers attended a “Brunch & Learn” where they heard from LyricTheatre’s artistic director Michael Baron and participated in fun,hands-on activities including creating poetry and drawing. Catalystmembers also receive tickets to the annual ARTini event.MetropolitanSchool of Dancestudents performMabee-Gerrer Museumof Art student creates hismasterpieceFor donors interested in supporting Allied Arts at a higher level,Circle Club membership starts at 1,000 for individual andcorporate partners with benefits including special events andnetworking opportunities.For more information on Allied Arts donor levels, please contactjennifer.bryan@alliedartsokc.com.

New Staff Member AnnouncementArt Can HealPlease help us welcome Toni Allen,the new Allied Arts Marketing/PR Manager. Toni comes to usfrom Crowe & Dunlevy where sheserved on the marketing team.Toni hails from Tulsa, OK whereshe graduated from the Universityof Tulsa. New to Oklahoma City,she and her daughter are slowlybut surely finding the best familyfriendly and cultural activities themetro has to offer.Volunteer Shout OutWe’d like to shine the spotlight onvolunteer couple Molly and PaulWehrenberg. The Wehrenbergsspent countless hours offeringadministrative help to the Allied Artsteam. For several weeks, they wereregular visitors to the office, bringingin boxes of folded brochures theyhad worked on at home and takinghome unfolded brochures. Thankyou for your help!Tales of Woah in progressBy Kelly RogersArt can impact lives in many ways. For Kelly Rogers, artcan heal. A graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma,Rogers is a visual artist who uses art to deal with her personalexperience of trauma and the hundreds of stories she hasheard as a crisis line operator with HeartLine. “Art has savedmy life again and again. I feel it is my calling to embrace thehealing effects of making art, and invite others to find the powerin their own survival story.”Rogers has been selected to participate in OVAC’s Art:365program, which every three years offers grant funding andcuratorial support for a year-long art project to five Oklahomaartists. Her work for Art:365 is a hand-stitched, ten-foot-longraw, unstretched canvas. Entitled “Tales of Woah”, the mural willfeature a multitude of young women and girls at play; every thirdcharacter will be lovingly embellished to honor the experienceof the 1 in 3 girls who is sexually abused in our community. Thetitle “Tales of Woah” reverses the colloquialism “tales of woe”from an expression of pity to an exclamation of amazement atthe true grit of human survival, especially among Oklahomawomen and girls.The Art:365 program will debut in Norman in June 2017 and inTulsa in October 2017. To learn more about Art:365 and OVAC,an Allied Arts member agency, visit ovac-ok.org.Festival of the Arts - Volunteers NeededArts Council OklahomaCity’s Festival of theArts, the city’s annualrite of spring, is rightaround the corner. FromApril 25-30, Allied ArtsVolunteers at the Allied Artswill manage a foodFestival of the Arts food boothbooth in partnershipwith Papa’s Greek Foods. We need volunteers to help withcustomer service – taking orders and cash transactions.Allied Arts volunteers receive a free entrée after working a3.5-hour shift. To sign up, please emailzachary.gozlan@alliedartsokc.com.For more information about Kelly Rogers’ studio work, visitwww.kellyrogersart.com.Tales of Woah in progress detailBy Kelly Rogers

Shop and Support the Arts1015 N. Broadway, Ste. 200Oklahoma City, OK 73102405.278.8944www.AlliedArtsOKC.comWhether you’re buying birthday presents or household supplies,your purchases on Amazon can support Allied Arts. Before youstart shopping, visit smile.amazon.com and select Allied ArtsFoundation as your charitable organization of choice. Amazonwill automatically donate a portion of your purchases to AlliedArts whenever you shop from Amazon Smile!Non-ProfitU.S. PostagePAIDOklahoma CityPermit #581IN THIS ISSUE: 2017 Campaign forthe Arts Allied Arts MonthActivities Art Can Heal Save the Date:Chip In for the Arts: May 8@ALLIEDARTSOKCSave big. Make an impact.The OKCityCard is your passport to the best of eating out, shopping, services,and arts and entertainment in the metro. With a 50 donation, you’ll receive the 2017OKCityCard which features 12 months of savings at more than 300 locations! In 2017, Allied Artswelcomes the following new partners to the OKCityCard as well as old favorites:Barrios Fine Mexican Dishes - 10% off (limit 2 guests per card)BDC Gun Room Indoor Shooting Range - 1/2 off range fee & free gun rentalBelle Kitchen - Free latte with the purchase of half a dozen doughnutsBouncin Craze - Buy 1 open bounce, get 50% off of 1 open bounceThe Hive Basketball Sports Complex - 20% off classes & campsMel’s Kloset - 15% off one regular-priced itemMMR (Meat Market Refectory) - One free Truffle Frites appetizerwith purchase of entréeNorwalk Furniture - 20% offPostNet South OKC - 15% off any printingRock & Brews - 15% offScissortail Productions, Inc. - Concerts are free to the public; donations acceptedSky Zone Edmond - 5 off any jump of 60 or more minutesSpokies - OKC Bike Share - 20% off the purchase of an annual passTLC Garden Centers - 10% of all non-discounted items (excl. gift cards/labor)Tulips Home & Gift - 10% offVisit OKCityCard.com for a complete list of all the partners and discounts featured on the 2017 OKCityCard.