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Pablo Center and PESI Look To Expand Local Arts Access
a three year partnership with the nonprofit's Open Doors Fund aims to increase free and reduced-cost performances
V1 Staff, photos by Andrea Paulseth |
"There's something really special about watching someone experience the arts for the first time," Monica Frederick, executive director of the Pablo Center at the Confluence, shared in a Nov. 12 media release. "You see the excitement, the curiosity, the joy."
More of those moments are poised to occur thanks to a new partnership between the Eau Claire performing arts center and PESI, a nonprofit continuing education provider headquartered in the Chippewa Valley.
Frederick said its new three-year partnership with the nonprofit will directly benefit from PESI's Open Doors Fund.
Support from this fund would ensure financial circumstances do not inhibit locals interested in attending Pablo Center programming and events. Pablo Center will receive a total of $600,000 ($200,000 each year) across the three year partnership, Frederick told Volume One.
PESI's commitment will allow the Pablo Center to expand its involvement in the Play for All program with the Children's Museum of Eau Claire, Chippewa Valley Museum and Beaver Creek Reserve; promote lower ticket prices for any of its nonprofit partners; provide more free and reduced-cost events to the public.
"Through our work with therapists and health professionals, we see again and again how much connection matters to people’s wellbeing," Michael Olson, executive director of PESI, shared in the media release. "The arts are one of the most powerful ways a community comes together, and Pablo Center does that beautifully."
During this three-year partnership, Pablo Center staff intend to share updates from organizations which benefit from the PESI Open Doors Fund.
"Thanks to PESI, we’re going to be able to share more of those moments with more people," Frederick said. "We're incredibly grateful for their generosity and for believing, as we do, that the arts belong to everyone."
Headquartered in Eau Claire, PESI is a nonprofit that provides continuing education to professionals. For new event announcements at the Pablo Center (128 Graham Ave., Eau Claire), visit pablocenter.org/upcoming-shows.
