Artisans seeks to: 1) Sustain artists' livelihoods 2) Train the workforce of the future 3) Contribute to the economic vitality of our community 4) Foster restless, cross disciplinary collaboration 5) Delight the senses through creative production

To achieve our goals, Artisan's: 1) Works to expand the amount of physical space under management, currently 40,000sf. 2) Improve the studio and materials storage environment that sustains our community, currently at 421 members and 172 studios 3) Provide the tools and equipment necessary for traditional and contemporary creativity, currently 14 shops including jewelry, metal, woodworking, digital fabrication, 2D and 3D design, fiber arts, photography, electronics and robotics, and bicycle repair and customization 4) Organize monthly multidisciplinary classes that provide basic training and skills development, currently between 30 and 40 each month 5) Provide startup support to early-stage innovators including coaching, workshops, and networking 6) Host workshops, talks and community events that promote creativity at all levels 7) Participate in community events that foster collaboration and celebration

Artisan's has a track-record of a decade providing direct support to artists and innovators. We have a learned a great deal over the years, and that knowledge is enshrined in a powerfully creative, passionately generous and highly skilled community. This community is supported by 5 full-time staff who manage our education programs, our facility and shops, our IT and operations environment, outreach, and finance and administration. Our 14 shops are managed by 12 part-time employees who maintain the shop area, equipment, and supplies. Our community is supported by more than 30 volunteers.

Artisan's measures progress across several important indicators which include: 1) Growth of our facility: our we expanding our tangible value to members? 2) Growth of our community: is our service a compelling offering to more and more people? 3) Breadth of our reach: our we reaching more people through our classes and events? 4) Diversity of our customers: our we attracting and retaining people of many backgrounds and interests? 5) Distinctiveness of our offering: are we unique in the marketplace and pushing the envelope of possibility? 6) Number of products: are we continuing to help launch new ideas in the world each year? 7) Success of startups: are the startups who depend on us growing and thriving with us and on their own? 8) Is Somerville thriving: can we point to specific and enduring economic and cultural contributions to the city?

To date Artisan's has contributed an estimated $40M in local economic impact including: 1) $30M in venture capital to member companies 2) $9.8M in Kickstarter funding raised for member companies 3) 150 small businesses supported 4) 100 jobs created Artisan's has provided more than 10,000 hours of instruction that has: 1) Trained more than 8,600 individual in the arts and trades 2) Provided supplemental income to more than 420 individuals 3) Directed more than $800,000 in livelihood support to working artists Our community has supported events across the country, from Fluff Fest to Burning Man, Boston Design Week to Illuminus Festival. Our members have launched products that changed the world, from the world's first device that draws in three dimensional space (the 3Doodler) to a revolutionary, interchangeable electric bicycle wheel (the GeoOrbital wheel). Looking to the future, Artisan's Asylum has a transformational vision: we are going to become the premier platform for lifelong learning and joy through creativity. We're on a path to dramatically expand our footprint, our fabrication capabilities, and our studio environment. With a fully modernized production line in each of our essential studios, Artisan's will become an essential asset for workforce development and training where anyone can acquire the language, skills and networks of creativity, entrepreneurship and collaboration essential to success.