Boerne Performing Arts

Our goals include:
1. Broadening the experiences of those living in the Texas Hill Country through cultural/artistic events.
2. Offering programs for the children of the Texas Hill Country region, including those of low-income an special needs, that support and enhance the classroom state-required curriculum while at the same time offering a vibrant performing arts experience that many students might not otherwise access.
3. Creating a desire for cultural events to the future generations of audiences; and having those be live experiences instead of a technically created experience.
4. Providing opportunities for local children, adults, and the elderly, to experience the study of music, dance, theater and the visual arts.

Our strategies include careful study of the types of performing arts that will attract local residents. Each season we hire artists that will be appealing to the community, that will expand their knowledge of the arts and introduce them to a new culture, and that will be motivational in their appreciation of the arts. Diversity, quality, and variety are key requirements with the selection of artists.

We also work with other community entities to keep a very broad vision for events. Input from the school districts is essential to find artists appropriate to meet the student needs, and input from the Chamber of Commerce and the City of Boerne influence the demand of the types of performing arts that will enhance the quality of life in the community.

With a very diversified Board of Directors, we receive a variety of input representing all aspects of the community. Our volunteers, totaling 75+, also provide input as to the perception following each of the performances. We all realize that people "don't know...if they don't go" and so our Board of Directors is very involved in promoting all of our events throughout the community. The Board also understand that our job as a presenter is to provide the visiting artist with a positive experience in Boerne, Texas, while they are in our town. The second part of our responsibility is to have the audience leave the show having enjoyed the performance by the visiting artist. The Board of Directors remains flexible and works with both the artist and the audience to ensure this happens!

We have accomplished an enthusiastic group of school districts (administration, teachers/staff, students) that sign up to attend the FOR KIDS shows as soon as they are announced each season.

We have accomplished a large database that has resulted in approximately 650 season ticket holders for our eleventh season.

We have accomplished a balanced budget each season, and we have been fiscally responsible with our funds.

We would like to continue to expand our season ticket holder base so that ultimately 90% of the auditorium is sold through season tickets, and then hopefully expand to offering two public performances by each artist. This is a long-range plan.

We are working on developing systems and procedures within our organization so that the organization will be able to transition smoothly whenever individual personnel changes.