Washington Pavilion Management

Museums: kirby science discovery center (ksdc) and the visual arts center (vac)the museums welcomed a record number of attendees:123,437 guests during the fiscal year of july 1, 2022 - june 30, 2023, surpassing the previous record by more than 8,800 guests.kirby science discovery centertraveling exhibit:the ksdc hosted a new featured traveling exhibit, building buddies, starting in april 2023. It is a 1500-square-foot exhibit portraying a small community where everyone is busy working on their homes. The multi-sensory environment encourages children to have full-body experiences filled with steam learning opportunities and includes components designed to promote social interaction between visitors. Taking turns, teamwork, and sharing are skills that have been fostered in the suggested activities.new coming attractions:multimillion-dollar renovations started in the spring of 2023 to add a new immersive water exhibit and a new state-of-the-art planetarium with the goal of keeping the facility fresh and engaging to our community. The water exhibit will include interactive, colorful, and educational features to help children learn about the phases of water and have fun. Upgrades to the wells fargo cinedome include sophisticated new projectors to radically improve picture quality, new dome screens, making seams invisible for better viewing, a new immersive sound system, new lighting, and more. The updated areas are expected to open in late summer, creating endless opportunities for new programming.wells fargo cinedome films presented, 24,145 attendees - backyard wilderness - bbc earth: antarctica - dinosaurs of antartica - national geographic | extreme weather - great barrier reef - national geographic | pandas: the journey home - polar express - superpower dogs - train timevisual arts centerthe visual arts center team set out to increase its impact this fiscal year through increased attendance, evening events, and new offerings in the community. By june 2023, the vac accounted for a record-breaking 57,702 visitors of the museum's overall attendance, surpassing its previous record by nearly two times.the vac featured 20 curated exhibitions, including guild hall, the first major traveling exhibition in 5 years. It featured over 70 original works by 50 of the country's most celebrated artists, including artwork by andy warhol, jackson pollock, willem de kooning, roy lichtenstein, thomas moran, and many more.a brand-new art consulting division was launched, bringing our art curation efforts to corporate offices, public spaces, and private homes. This new service elevates the local arts scene by displaying fine art from local and regional artists.the raven children studio was remodeled, enhancing this maker space for kids of all ages. The vac hosted the local art collective for the first time: 70+ local artists set up booths in our galleries, helping promote their work and giving them an enhanced location to sell their works within our community. This was a free event that we did to help promote local artists.in 2023, the vac received the prestigious reaccreditation status from the american alliance of museums. This mark of distinction is a high-profile, peer-based validation of our operations and impact and is valid for ten years.vac exhibitions: - works from students from sdsu's art program | a gateway to a place between - lisa bergh & andrew nordin | zenith confusion - hilda esperanza langle | donde nacen las palabras: where words are born - amber hansen | how to say goodbye - doug burn | get back to work doyg - works from the university of sioux dakota faculty | wa sa wak pa'la - mark stemwedel | everything is ordinary - bryon banasiak | travel - emilia van ert | everything was beautiful - guild hall: an adventure in the arts - waiting for the muse: a carl grupp retrospective - Washington Pavilion gala exhibition - quintin owens | topo - merecedes nelson | within/without - eli show | bury me for the dogs - at the point of convergence featuring artworks from the permanent collection - erin asmussen and john banasiak | subconscious passages - xx: 20 sculpture celebrating 20 years of sculpturewalk - pascale sablan | say it loud - south dakota 10th annual governor's biennial art exhibition

The Washington Pavilion's education department strives to provide outstanding educational opportunities for people in sioux falls and the surrounding area through outreach, classes, professional development, and special events. Education programming reaches a broad cross-section of the region: thousands of community members participated in education programming in 2022-2023.classes and campsfun and educational activities are offered for all ages. Attendance at classes and camps offered in the summer, fall, and spring was almost 1,500 participants.graham academy preschoolthe philosophy of the graham academy preschool program is to provide a program for the whole child by encouraging exploration and problem-solving skills, creativity, and social and emotional growth, coupled with the opportunity to interact with kirby science discovery center exhibits, visual arts center exhibitions and husby performing arts center programming. This curriculum creates a one-of-a-kind preschool experience. Forty-eight students attended the graham academy preschool in the 2022-2023 school year.steam educationthe Pavilion is a destination for steam education, where tomorrow's scientists, engineers, and artists play and learn. Activities include no school steam days. Students spend the day at the Pavilion learning about science, technology, engineering, art, and math. We provide educational and fun time off from school in an exciting, engaging environment with affordable day camp opportunities. Action arts and sciencethe Washington Pavilion action arts and science program (aasp) began in 1999 with a mission to bring high-quality art and science experiences to children with limited access to extracurricular activities. Today, we engage and inspire more than 200 students at 12 locations per week. - aasp partner sites for 2022-2023 include sioux falls school district kids Inc. (9 elementary schools), volunteers of america-dakotas (dakotas youth center), kidstop program, and kidz count program. - hosted 300 families at aasp family nights. - aasp is sponsored by the south dakota department of education and is supported by its 21st century community learning center program.ag day ag friday, an annual event celebrated as part of national agriculture week, was held in march. We hosted about 500 third graders and 50 teachers/chaperones. Ag day was open to the public the following day after ag friday and welcomed 2500 visitors.off the fridgethe artwork of 320 students was displayed in off the fridge art exhibitions in the Washington Pavilion's second-floor lobby. The reception for off the fridge included over 500 guests.additional education programs - field trips to the museums - 324 students. - arts & science workshops - 276 students. - avera burn puppet show - 500 students. - spooky science - 1200 students and adults.the all-day event was filled with activities for all ages. Visitors could explore art and science while experimenting with boo bubbles, squishy slime and more.the dakota academy of performing arts (dapa)with a mission to provide opportunities for young people to excel in the performing arts, dapa featured an expanded season with the following performances: - disney's newsies jr - the sound of music - t'was the week after christmas - freddie the frog and the jungle jazz - disney's beauty and the beast jr. - the spongebob musicalsummer camp theatre opportunities included:honk jr (july 2022), the claw (august 2022), media camp (june 2023), pajama party (june 2023), musical theater dance camp (june 2023), and summer sing it camp (june 2023).the dapa plays for living theatre company did almost fifty performances of five different plays as outreach for elementary schools in the sioux falls region and the avera behavioral health adolescent unit.dapa provided over 1200 opportunities for students in their various programs. Students from the dapa program brought performances to 11,485 audience members (over 2,400 of which were area youth from outreach engagements).we offered 11 additional classes and workshop opportunities during the school year including theater production boot camp (august 2022), creative drama (october 2022 and march 2023), audition workshops (august 2022 and january 2023), acting with call of the wild (february 2023), acting with cenicienta (february 2023), improv academy (december 2022), musical theater tap (march 2023), foundations of acting (march 2023), and acting with dear evan hanson (april 2023).

The world-class husby performing arts center is home to the mary w. sommervold hall (1881 seats) and the belbas theater (290 seats). Washington Pavilion Management, Inc. also manages and programs the orpheum theater center (686 seats). We host a wide variety of high-quality, educational, and entertaining performances, from broadway musicals to music, dance, comedy, and theatre performances. The husby performing arts center provides the stage for major producers, promoters, and nonprofit organizations to rent the facilities at the Washington Pavilion and showcase their art. 2022-2023 Pavilion performance seriesthe 2022-2023 season broke the all-time record for subscription sales 3,483 subscription packages were sold, resulting in an increase of 544, or 18.5%. The fabulous broadway line-up of blockbusters and fan favorites consisted of: - dear evan hansen, 8 performances, 4/18/2023 - 4/23/2023 - the book of mormon, 5 performances, 10/21/2022 - 10/23/2022 - my fair lady, 3 performances, 3/10/2023 - 3/11/2023 - tootsie, 3 performances, 2/3/2023 - 2/4/2023 - legally blonde the musical, 3 performances, 11/15/2022 - 11/17/2022 - on your feet! The story of emilio & gloria estefan, 3 performances, 1/13/23 - 1/14/2023other shows presented by the Washington Pavilion: - disney's winnie the pooh - forever young - buddy - the buddy holly story - us army field band - a bluegrass christmas with monroe crossing - the call of the wild - cenicienta: a bilingual cinderella story - the gruffalo - bluey's big playshows and events presented by regional and local promoters (197 total): - a charlie brown christmas - an intimate christmas with lorie line - brian regan - carrie: the musical - celtic angels ireland - chapel hart - glory days tour - christmas with c.s. Lewis - cirque musica holiday wonderland - cocomelon live! Jj's journey - dude dad taylor calmus - embe - night of courage - garrison keillor with heather masse & richard dworsky - goo goo dolls - holiday jam with the hegg brothers - jeremy camp with special guest katy nichole - jim brickman: a very merry christmas - joe gatto's night of comedy - kyle kinane & matt braunger: the roomates tour - lyle lovett & john hiatt - mania: the abba tribute - matthew west - come home for christmas - michael w. smith - nate bargatze - nick swardson - ocb midwest natural showdown - prairie songs - rend collective - rodney carrington - shaun johnson + the big band experience - shen yun performing arts - sioux falls wow 2023 - south dakota international pageant - sioux falls stage awards - tedx sioux falls - the kingston trio in concert - the pomp room: a rock and roll bar story - theresa caputo live! The experience - three dog night - tonic sol-fa "the 2022 misfit tour" - voices against cancer initiative - war on the catwalk - wheel of fortune live! - wilco - cruel country tour - wsa south dakota - harrisburg high school band - lincoln high school band - allison's dance academy summer and winter recitals - balleraena dance studio spring recital - britza dance studio spring and winter recitals - dance gallery winter recital - dynamic cheer & dance - main stage ballet and dance academy winter & spring recitals - meraki dance competition and conventionwashington Pavilion community affiliations - augustana university band (4 performances) - the good night theatre collective (8 shows) - lights up productions (3 shows) - live on stage sioux falls (5 shows) - south dakota symphony orchestra (19 shows) - the premiere playhouse (6 shows)

Over the last few years, we have done much work to maximize the value of a Washington Pavilion membership. - we have made it even easier to take advantage of all the perks and benefits through our new digital membership card. We have partnered with the museumanywhere app to centralize membership information on our members' smartphones. This app gives our members instant recognition of their astc passport benefits, faster check-in at our museums, and easy access to our perks program with our 19+ community partners - new member appreciation events that created additional opportunities for our members to enjoy our museums. One of those events, a membership bbq, drew in over 700 members for a special evening. - a new corporate membership program was launched. It offers bulk memberships to local corporations at special pricing to enable more individuals access to our museums. - as of june 30, 2023, 4,922 households had invested in a Washington Pavilion membership, totaling 18,608 members. - membership revenue for the 2022-23 fiscal year was $339,500, an increase of 9% over the prior year. - member visits to the museums were 56,136, showing growth of 22% over the previous year. Member visits represent 45% of total museum admissions. Food & beverage highlights: - food & beverage services continue to expand to service all our performances and events. We launched a new pre-show lounge experience to service our large performances offering entrees, desserts, and drinks in a convenient and cozy space. - over $455,000 in bar and concession sales at the Washington Pavilion facility. Over $319,000 in food sales including catering. Over $140,000 in bar sales at the orpheum theater. - leonardo's cafe is undergoing a rebranding and renovation to provide an enhanced customer experience. The cafe has updated its menu to provide customers with fresh, healthy, local, and quality ingredients to fuel their play. Plans are in place to announce a name change, which will coincide with a completely transformed look, including new paint, lighting, flooring, counter layout, and more to brighten and liven up this space. Purchases at the cafe help support the mission of the Washington pavilion.box office highlights: - in late june, the Pavilion launched a new regional ticketing clearinghouse where customers can find tickets to every show at all their favorite venues on one website. The new 3encore.com is the official ticket retailer for three venues: Washington Pavilion, orpheum theater center and south dakota military heritage alliance. This website will enhance and improve the customer experience. - a digital ticketing app was launched in june. This mobile app allows customers to access all of their performance tickets in one place and easily transfer tickets to others. This mobile ticket delivery will improve the customer buying experience and help prevent fraud. These electronic tickets can be scanned directly from their phone at the door to the theater. Management services highlights:services include oversight and programming of the sioux falls municipal band and operational administration of the sculpturewalk sioux falls organization, a local nonprofit that hosts the largest annual exhibit of public sculptures in the world. Ticketing services are provided for the sioux falls military heritage alliance.event highlights: - hosted 144 private event rentals, totaling almost $200k in revenue and additional $43k in in-kind services and discounts. 19,808 guests attended these events. - the organization underwent a significant data migration to pull 24 years of client data from our previous scheduling software into a new venue and event Management software, momentus elite. This software is the backbone of building operations and room scheduling for our busy facilities and allows us to manage all the data and resources on one platform effectively. It assists with maximizing space utilization, drives operational efficiency, and obtains data insights for easier decision-making. - we continued to host the us courts naturalization ceremonies. Almost 1,000 applicants were granted citizenship at these proceedings in our building.