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Art School Museum Business Plan

3 March 2023 Businnes Plan


Art School Museum Business Plan


Hands On! Children’s Art Museum of Chicago. Hands On! ) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. “Hands On!” is a new organization that aims to provide unique, meaningful arts programming for every child, to educate children in the art and to create an audience for the artist for life. We plan to offer a dynamic and constantly-evolving program. While we plan to include all the fine arts in our programs, our primary focus will be on visual art. Most activities will be accessible to the public on a walk-in basis. The Museum staff will consist of working artists. All structured activities are led by master teacher-artists.

The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities and the Arts Education Partnership initiated a study last January to examine the effect of arts experiences on young children and to discover how and why they changed. Evidence demonstrates that children with high levels of arts participation outperform “arts-poor” students by virtually every measure. Champions of Change found that arts education can help students at high risk reach other disciplines. The arts provide young people with authentic learning experiences that engage their minds, hearts, and bodies. Arts education can be a learning tool for students. It can inspire creativity, self-discipline, as well as the skills and confidence needed to overcome the many challenges that they face throughout their lives.

Three of the founding board members are mothers of young children and are uniquely qualified to help bring this project to fruition. Karolyn Kuehner, Executive Director, holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Pedagogy and a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, with highest honors, from Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University. Additionally, she was a Roosevelt University Lecturer for Piano for over ten years. She also served on the Concordia University and Elmhurst College piano faculties. Ms. Kuehner, who was recognized for her contributions to piano pedagogy, received the D.H. Baldwin Fellowship. Ms. Kuehner leads Girl Scouts of Chicago’s Brownie Troop and is an advocate of homeschooling. On Educate!, she was a guest. She was a guest on Educate! Interviews featuring Ms. Kuehner can be found in Chicago Parent or the Homeschooling Link.

Sheri Jendra is the Operations Director. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and a Master of Public Administration from Governors State University. She was formerly employed as the Housing Director at the Beverly Area Planning Association, a non-for-profit community organization. She was also the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Assistant Planner. Ms. Jendra is active as a volunteer in many capacities at St. Barnabas Catholic Church and Elementary School, and in a variety of youth sports activities.

Nancy McGourty holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Commerce from DePaul University with a major Marketing. Previous employment includes the position of Assistant Vice President/Marketing at Founders Bank, Economic Development Director for the Beverly Area Planning Association, and Marketing Officer in the Corporate and Institutional Banking group at First Chicago Bank. As a director for the Southwest Beverly Improvement Association and as a volunteer at Sutherland elementary school, St. Barnabas Catholic Church and the AYSO, Ms. McGourty has been active in Beverly/Morgan Park.

In addition to the founding board members, our Board of Directors is comprised of a diverse group of individuals including Grammy Award winning composer and pianist Ramsey Lewis, Michael Friedman, CEO of Premonition Records, James Lindsey, CPA with TTX Company, and Paul Tuminaro, Chicago-based arts advocate and member of the NewGroup Board at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

We are seeking funding for initial start-up costs to be used for legal costs, leasehold improvements, rent and related expenses, office equipment, furniture, starting inventory, and initial cash to handle the first few months of expenses.

We estimate that approximately 60% hands on!’s annual revenue comes from a combination of admissions, programming, memberships, and other related activities. The remainder of our funding comes from:

  • Writing proposals to secure grants

foundations.

  • Inviting individuals, corporations and small businesses.
  • A large-scale annual benefit concert, family benefits, special events
  • A variety of small scale fundraising activities.

    • Objectives

    Hands on!‘s goals during the first year are:

    • Earned revenue is generated by a combination or membership and admission, programming, outreach and retail sales.
    • To secure new funding sources including foundation grants, government grants, and private and corporate donations.
    • To have 375 total memberships.
    • Our outreach programs are designed to reach 1,500 children.

    Mission

    hands on! aims to help children of all age develop their creative potential through visual and performing arts. Hands-On! seeks to create an environment where children of all ages, abilities and experiences can freely imagine, create and welcome the arts to their lives through the fine arts. Hands On! provides a professional work environment that is challenging, rewarding, creative, and respectful of ideas and individuals.

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