HUBBARD HALL PROJECTS INC

Develop and promote our arts education programming, both on and off campus; Further develop our program of hosting or presenting outside groups in our four historic buildings; Develop a residency and incubator model, in which artists are invited to develop artistic projects at Hubbard Hall, share them with the local community and become evangelists for Hubbard Hall in the greater arts field; create a three-year budget aimed at ensuring we have sufficient resources before green lighting projects. Develop a summer fundraising season; further articulate the Annual Fund as an ongoing, year-round campaign with only two asks for individuals each year; Explore State, Federal and Individual Donors currently beyond Hubbard Hall’s geographic or political networks; Work with consultants to develop relationships with stakeholders in Albany and New York City; Cultivate new donors from summer visitors and those with connections to larger markets, including Boston, New York and Washington, DC.

We have over 40 years of history providing the arts & educational programs to the community. Since 1878 Hubbard Hall has developed, produced, & presented theater, music, dance, & the visual arts, & in recent years has become a world-class development center for new work. Since 1977, Hubbard Hall’s current 501c3 has engaged thousands of artists, students, and audience members in acclaimed productions. Our education programs are at the heart of our work, as we engage learners of all ages in hundreds of classes and workshops annually, both on campus and off. Hubbard Hall operates four buildings, including the hall, dance, music, and visual arts studios, offices, arts exhibit spaces, and a black box theater. We also own and operate the Cambridge Community Garden. We have a staff of 6, with a full-time ED and 5 part-time staff, a hardworking board of directors, a large company of artists and teaching artists, hundreds of students, and an army of volunteers who make everything possible.

If we are making progress we believe that our overall financial strength will have improved, the stress level on the staff will have been reduced and the overall sustainability of the organization will be more manageable. The community will be more engaged with our organization and have a clearer understanding of our future goals.

So far we have booked and experienced several new events that were presented rather than produced by the hall, successfully promoted them and retained the interest of theater and music lovers in the community. By presenting more events it allowed us to invite creative artists to develop and promote new works and Hubbard Hall to foster emerging artists by following our mission and values. We expanded and contracted with two school districts to continue to provide an after school Drama Club for school students including training in theater, music and other art disciplines and will culminate one of the programs with a live theater version of a well known classic play with the students fully involved in the production. We have developed and launched a new marketing plan using social media, especially Facebook, Instagram and a newly created blog. We developed a Fellows program to provide recently graduated arts students the chance to work in an arts organization based on State funding we received. The program has provided the time to focus on establishing the necessary guidelines for technical staff. All of these efforts have provided stability to the organization including financial and the knowledge that it is possible to refine our business model and still be fully engaged with the community on all levels. Our next goal is to review and redesign our various fund raising campaigns to develop a more streamlined approach and focus on developing stronger relationships with our major donors. We are starting this part of the plan with our largest fundraiser of the year, our annual Gala where we honor a local person with the "Making Community Happen" award. We had great success last year developing an honorary committee to support our 40th Anniversary and will continue with this theme. We will continue to explore other funding opportunities outside the local area in hopes to encourage support from Foundations and Corporate entities to support the arts in rural Washington County.