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Community
Arts Partnership Institute (CAPInstitute) - ASA designed the
CAPInstitute and manages the four-year program in-house. This Institute
provides technical assistance to a consortium of seven arts colleges
and universities nationally that are working in partnership with community
organizations to provide educational arts programs to low-income youth.
ASA documents and disseminates the work of CAPs and provides leadership
in positioning CAPs within allied fields. Begun in 1999, CAPInstitute
is funded by the Wallace Funds. www.capinstitute.org
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The
Field Museum -This renown natural history museum hired ASA to
build a consortium of 8-10 internationally leading natural history
museums from other urban areas to address the many and complex issues
related to audience diversification. ASA leads the consortium as it
explores strategies and shares best practices. ASA identified and
convenes consortium members, defines paths of shared learning, publishes
various materials, and disseminates the findings broadly. |
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Columbia
College Chicago
- ASA developed program plans to establish the Center for Asian Arts
and Media, the Center for Arts Policy, and the Office of Community
Arts Partnerships at Columbia. Additionally, ASA worked with the Chicago
Jazz Ensemble and the Center for Black Music Research on strategic
planning and fundraising. ASA also facilitated a year-long planning
process for a partnership between five community arts organizations
and Columbia College. |
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The
Small Schools Workshop - provides several levels of technical
assistance to schools and school districts that want to create more
intimate learning environments and restructure into smaller schools.
ASA extrapolated universal technical assistance solutions from the
work done in several small schools in Chicago to help the Small Schools
Workshop package and market these programs of assistance nationally. |
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Duncan
YMCA
- ASA developed the business plan and pro forma for the Duncan YMCA
Cherninšs Center for the Arts, the first YMCA in the nation dedicated
completely to the arts, set within the traditional YMCA structure.
This planning project included market research and constituency building
with community organizations, local youth, YMCA board members and
artists. |
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The
Arts Marketing Center at the Arts and Business Council of Chicago
- ASA
developed this technical assistance program to help nonprofit arts
organizations increase their audiences and earned income. The model
and its four program components have been replicated in six cities
nationwide.
www.artsmarketing.org
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