A nnu al Report
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A nnu al Report
Annual Report 2009– –2010 “Caldera allowed me to think differently and not be afraid to express myself.” —Chantilly (Camp Name: Dreamer) Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 mission Caldera’s mission is to be a catalyst for transformation through innovative art and environmental programs. Caldera’s youth program provides underserved Oregon children with year-round, long-term mentoring through arts and nature projects, beginning at age 11 and continuing through young adulthood. Caldera’s adult program offers monthlong residencies to professional artists, providing the gift of time and creative workspace at our Arts Center in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Linking Caldera’s youth and adult programs is a passionate belief in the power of creativity. Caldera’s programs currently take place in schools and communities in Portland, Bend, Redmond, Terrebonne, Madras and Sisters, and at our Arts Center located on 120 acres of mountain and forest land at the edge of a volcanic lake west of Sisters, Oregon. 4 Arts Center 31500 Blue Lake Drive Sisters, Oregon 97759 (541) 595-0956 Portland Office 216 NW 13th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97209 (503) 937-7594 Mailing Address 224 NW 13th Avenue, Box 304 Portland, Oregon 97209 CalderaArts.org Caldera@CalderaArts.org Follow Caldera on Facebook: facebook.com/CalderaArts.org Follow us on Twitter: @CalderaArts Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 5 As one of our students put it, Caldera’s art programs are “cool weird”—as opposed to the “dangerous weird” of gangs, drugs, early pregnancies or dropping out. Of Caldera 12th graders, 87% graduate or attain their high school equivalency diplomas. That’s focus! That’s cool weird! Tea. Shoes. Jewelry. Recycled fashion. Photographic self-portraits. Films (documentaries, public service announcements, creative shorts, personal life stories). Advertising campaigns. Magazines. Logos. T-shirts. Billboards. Electronics. Interpretive plans for conservation areas. What do they all have in common? Caldera kids designed them in 2009 and 2010. And while they designed all these “things,” they were also designing their own lives. Caldera kids set new goals for themselves, solved problems, built strong, positive relationships and envisioned life paths that, before their engagement with the Caldera community, might have seemed out of reach. This is the essence of Caldera: a focus on art is a way to focus on yourself, your life, your community and the world’s future. CALDERA KIDS ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR OWN LIVES AND DESIGNING NEW WORLDS FOR ALL OF US. I am in awe of their incredible spirit and creativity. Read on to find it throughout this report. Tricia Snell Caldera Executive Director Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 7 caldera’s Youth Program youth program Since 1997, Caldera has provided year-round, longterm, standards-based arts education and mentoring to over 1,600 underserved Oregon youths. We offer direct, intense, consistent (weekly), continuous (we stick with each of our students from age 11 through their early adulthood) support to youths who are struggling with a variety of problems. We provide direct service to 175 middle school and 191 high school students from a diversity of backgrounds in urban and rural Oregon. To identify students who can best benefit from our programs, we partner with five Portland middle schools (H.B. Lee, Jason Lee, Open Meadow, Peninsula and SEI Academy) and six rural Oregon middle schools (Sisters, Elton Gregory, Jefferson County, Obsidian, Pilot Butte and Terrebonne), all with significant populations of underserved students. What links our students is poverty; 80% of our students are on free or reduced lunch programs and live in households supporting an average Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 of five people on less than $35,000 a year. And along with poverty comes a host of problems. Our students struggle with family breakdown, violence and substance abuse; gang violence; and a general lack of resources, encouragement and positive adult role models. And while we do not select students based on ethnicity, our students, in 2009 and 2010, identify as 43% African American, 34% White/NonHispanic, 12% Latino/Hispanic, 7% Asian/ Pacific Islander, 2% Native American/Pacific Islander and 2% Slavic. Caldera employs paid mentors who meet our middle schoolers weekly during the year, for eight days during summer camp and at other program events throughout the year. When our students reach high school, mentors design monthly weekend leadership retreats in their communities, as well as field trips and a 10-day summer camp session. Specific youth program activities include weekly art/mentoring classes, weeklong artists’ residencies at the children’s schools, weekend leadership workshops with professional artists, a variety of special community and creative-industry projects, and a life-changing summer arts and nature camp at our Arts Center in Central Oregon. Our students receive about 200 hours of concentrated, consistent support over a year’s time, for the seven+ years they are in the program. 8 We provide education in a variety of art disciplines: painting, drawing, fiber arts, design, photography, filmmaking, writing, spoken word, hip-hop dance, traditional West African drumming and sound production. Our program activities are research based and age appropriate, utilizing Positive Youth Development (PYD) principles. To be specific, Caldera: • Emphasizes youths’ strengths rather than weaknesses. • Offers a variety of opportunities to learn and practice good behaviors. • Provides consistent, long-term relationships with caring adults. • Promotes positive peer relationships. • Provides real opportunities for youths to be leaders in their communities. youth program Caldera passionately believes that investing in the children of today will make for a better world tomorrow. We believe that art, nature and a supportive community empower children who face serious obstacles. A vital sign of our success is that, in 2009 and 2010, 100% of Caldera 8th graders transitioned successfully to 9th grade, which is a fragile time for many children who may otherwise drop out during this time. In addition, 87% of Caldera 12th graders graduated or attained their high school equivalency diplomas. Finally, we are delighted to report that many Caldera students are going on to colleges, skills trainings, careers and, perhaps most importantly, dedicating their lives to helping others, with many volunteering at Caldera to ensure other youths have the same experience they had. Abbott-Carlson Scholarship Fund “It is my belief that education is a legacy that can be passed on through future generations.” —Linda Carlson Hart Abbott-Carlson Scholarships are available for all Caldera students who have completed high school and plan on attending college or trade school. Applicants are awarded scholarships based solely on intent—it is not a competitive process. Scholarships are based on need, and funds may be used only for tuition, books, lab fees or expenses directly related to post-secondary education. Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 9 “If I had never heard of Caldera, I would most likely not be in school; I would not have the self-esteem to push myself toward the things I am working for.” —Chantilly (Camp Name: Dreamer) youth program 2009– –2010 caldera thematic focus art + design Every year, Caldera chooses a thematic focus to channel our creative energies. For 2009 and 2010, we completed a two-year focus on Art + Design, examining the way art is used in designing a wide variety of items, organizations and places. Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 10 After camp, students continued their Our students learned the basic principles of design focus throughout the school year, design; developed technical design skills in with weekly mentoring, weeklong artists’ storyboarding, writing, performing, graphics, photography and film; and then applied what residencies and weekend leadership retreats with special workshops. For instance, they learned in real projects. During these students worked with designers from two years we utilized our creative-industry Nike, Ziba Design and Wieden+Kennedy, partners* to offer our students opportunities utilizing state-of-the-art graphic and digital to engage with professionals on real-world technology to create magazine layouts, assignments. In curriculum designed by documentaries and fashion. The following Caldera education staff and workshops pages include examples of the innovative led by innovative professionals, students projects our students worked on in 2009 explored social, cultural and historical and 2010. contexts of design and conducted design projects ranging from billboards, public *Our creative-industry partners are service announcements (PSAs), fashion, organizations and professionals working in electronics, shoes and tea, to full-scale ad advertising, architecture, film, design and campaigns and interpretive designs for a other artistic areas. Caldera is proud to work conservation area. with Wieden+Kennedy, Ziba Design, Nike, At our annual summer camps, students Allied Works Architecture, tbd agency and worked on advertising and marketing plans LAIKA/house. for Caldera itself. They thought about their experiences with Caldera and came up with the symbol of the tree as evocative of the interdependent community Caldera is, with its nurturing, growing, live essence. Students explored how trees and people are interdependent; studied the ecology of trees with naturalists and extended the metaphor of the tree throughout their writing, photography and filmmaking, and also created tree logo T-shirts for all students to wear at the following year’s camp. youth program 11 In the fall of 2009, students participated in Create! Don’t Hate, a Design Ignites Change youth mentoring initiative. This sixweek program was built around the theme of tolerance and empowered underserved youths to use design to communicate ideas and impact change in their communities. Students worked with Michael Etter of Ziba Design and re:active to create powerful billboards that addressed tolerance in a variety of ways. In March 2010, an exhibition of designs was hosted at Pushdot Studio in Portland, and several billboards were installed in Portland (see photos). 2009– –2010 caldera thematic focus Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 art + design The Invisibility Project is an education curriculum designed by Teafly Peterson and other Caldera staff to teach tolerance. Students were asked to think of a time they felt ignored as well as a time they ignored or disempowered someone else. Students created work to represent these times using art and prose. In March 2010, Caldera hosted an exhibition at the Pinckney Gallery at Central Oregon Community College in Bend, Oregon, showcasing their work. Thanks to the support of Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, Caldera was able to purchase state-of-the-art film equipment for students to use. The equipment has allowed Caldera students to dramatically broaden their skills, preparing them for possible careers in creative technology and allowing a greater breadth of creativity in their films. In 2010, students also participated in the Commission’s YourVo!ce initiative. Over an eight-month period, students created a half-hour documentary about how Portland communities use communications technology. Middle school and high school students learned how to write and assemble a creative, cohesive story based on the focus of the initiative and their own ideas. Working with Caldera’s filmmaking mentors, students outlined, wrote, shot, acted in, created animation and graphics for, and edited the documentary. youth program Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 In March 2010, high school students from Central Oregon and Portland had the opportunity to work with Steven Smith, teamaker, and Steve Sandstrom, brand designer, to design their own unique blend of tea. Students worked hands-on at Smith’s facilities in Portland to create personally produced, small-batch tea while learning about the creative process from beginning to end. Following a secret taste test, students chose a final blend as their favorite, which was then re-created for a 100-box series of Caldera Chai and sold at Paul Schneider and Lauren Eulau’s fine arts and crafts store, TWISTonline.com, with proceeds going to Caldera. 2009– –2010 caldera thematic focus art + design Artist Bunky Echo-Hawk (founder of NVision, a collective of Native American artists and activists) worked with students to design self-portraits of what they envisioned as their future selves. 12 Wieden+Kennedy creative director Tyler Whisnand guided students through an innovative branding and marketing exercise. They created a hybrid business, designed a logo, created a tagline and filmed a commercial for the business. youth program Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 A group of high school students participated in a series of workshops with D’Wayne Edwards, Nike’s Brand Jordan design director, to learn the ins and outs of shoe design. At the beginning of the workshop, D’Wayne shared his own personal story of transformation and talked of the power of applying your passions to real-life projects. D’Wayne’s workshops focused on overcoming barriers, goal setting, design philosophy and implementation. After the workshop, D’Wayne offered a scholarship to a Caldera student, Sade Beasley, to attend his design camp, mesh01.com, which she completed in spring 2010. 2009– –2010 caldera thematic focus 13 Students worked with filmmaker Libby Spears and Caldera film mentor Billy Miller to edit a segment of America’s Most Wanted that focused on the issue of child trafficking, as well as Libby’s documentary Playground. Students had the chance to meet Dave Dahl from Dave’s Killer Bread. Dave presented his story of transformation from a life of crime and prison to reconciling with his family and creating his own line of bread using local and organic products. Beginning as a booth at the Portland Saturday Market, Dave’s Killer Bread has blossomed into a very successful business. Dave told the students, “If I can do it, so can you.” art + design Artist Denise Rowcroft worked with students to create jewelry (bracelets, necklaces and earrings) and sculptures out of found objects—items that would normally be thrown away. Students learned various metal-working techniques. They also learned to safely scavenge for found objects and use a variety of tools. youth program 2009– –2010 caldera thematic focus art + design Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 14 Students worked with Caldera staff to study the work of Shepard Fairey, most recently known for his iconic 2008 Obama poster. Students posed for a photograph and used the photograph to create the main aspect of their self-portrait. They chose one word to describe themselves, incorporating it into their portraits, and then chose colors to complete the design. Some students took the extra challenge of limiting themselves to two colors, mimicking the work of early printers and designers. youth program Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 2009– –2010 15 Building upon our relationship with the National Forest Service, students gathered on the banks of the Metolius River in October 2010. The Forest Service worked with students on designing and creating an installation to help users enjoy the space. Students took pictures, wrote poems and collected their thoughts on how the river made them feel. They provided their ideas in a booklet to the forest rangers. The Forest Service is now using this booklet in their fund-raising efforts to build the visitor center implementing student ideas. caldera thematic focus art + design finances Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 16 2009 financials 2009 revenue $384,316 individuals $409,219 foundations $194,803 government $55,954 corporations $63,234 in-kind contributions $37,922 special events (net) $50,423 program fees $25,173 interest and dividends $118,139 net appreciation in fmv $1,584 other 2009 expense Cash and Investments Grants and Contributions Receivable Investments Capital Assets $597,363 $91,100 $940,180 $11,760,151 Other Assets $67,926 Total Assets $13,456,720 Payables Notes Payable Total Liabilities Public and Private Support In-Kind Income $63,234 Special Events Revenue (Net) $37,922 Program Fees $50,423 Interest and Dividend Income $25,173 Other youth programs $1,053,012 Program Service Expense $1,130,682 $32,809 $32,809 Supporting Services Expense $168,966 fund-raising $342,595 Total Expenses $1,473,277 Decrease in Operating Net Assets ($420,265) Unrestricted Assets Available for Programming and Operations $316,240 Unrestricted Funds for Long-Term Investment $972,597 Net Investments in Capital Assets $11,818,151 Endowment Contribtions Total Unrestricted Funds $13,106,988 Increase in FMV Temporarily Restricted Funds $316,923 $332,451 adult programs $173,629 administrative $1,584 Total Operating Revenue Capital Contributions $798,231 $874,676 Permanently Restricted Funds Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets $118,139 $4,101,712 Loss on Disposal of Assets ($60,490) Impairment Loss ($57,850) Total Non-Operating Activities $4,101,511 $13,423,911 Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets $3,681,246 - $13,456,720 finances Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 17 2010 financials 2010 revenue $404,945 individuals $534,234 foundations $200,296 government $45,660 corporations $57,729 in-kind contributions $121,082 special events (net) $44,130 program fees $12,068 interest and dividends $100,331 net appreciation in fmv $8,746 other Cash and Investments Grants and Contributions Receivable Investments Capital Assets $1,051,132 $12,099,881 $70,012 Total Assets $14,496,258 $181,045 fund-raising In-Kind Income Special Events Revenue (Net) $1,188,061 $57,729 $121,082 Program Fees $44,130 Interest and Dividend Income $12,068 Other $8,746 Total Operating Revenue $1,431,816 $1,540,092 Payables $174,042 $195,943 Program Service Expense Total Liabilities $369,985 Supporting Services Expense $373,585 Total Expenses $1,913,677 Decrease in Operating Net Assets ($481,861) Unrestricted Assets Available for $296,644 $1,083,468 Net Investments in Capital Assets $11,957,938 Endowment Contributions $500,000 Total Unrestricted Funds $13,338,050 Increase in FMV $100,331 Capital Contributions $634,944 Temporarily Restricted Funds $288,223 Loss on Disposal of Assets ($14,994) Impairment Loss ($36,058) Permanently Restricted Funds $500,000 Total Non-Operating Activities $426,756 adult programs $192,540 administrative Public and Private Support Notes Payable Unrestricted Funds for Long-Term Investment $1,113,336 youth programs $248,950 Other Assets Programming and Operations 2010 expense $1,026,283 Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets $14,126,273 Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets $14,496,258 $1,184,223 $702,362 contributions contributions and donors Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 18 Caldera greatly appreciates your generous contributions, without which our programs and summer camps would not be possible. contributions $10,000+ $1,000–$4,999 19 Bob and Carolyn Dietz Kim and Dan Johnson Anonymous Sandy and Alexander Anderson Liz Dolan Timothy Kalberg The Campbell Foundation Anderson Krygier, Inc. Don Draper Lance and Carey Killian Linda Carlson Hart Anonymous Durham and Bates Cassie and David Kottkamp Bill and Karen Davenport Bank of the Cascades (Bend) Dynamic Consulting Bob and Deb Lane Thomas Lauderdale KeyBank Scott Bedbury Marilyn Easly Starview Foundation Beebe Skidmore Architects John and Jane Emrick Wes and Karen Lawrence Dan Wieden Priscilla M. Bernard Myrlie Evers-Williams Kathleen Lewis Wieden Family Foundation Fred and Tina Blank Faerie Godmother and Friends Richard M. Linn Wieden+Kennedy Alec Bromka Chris Folkestad Eric Lochner Peter Bromka Bob and Konky Forster Mark Long $5,000–$9,999 The following are gifts received January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2010. All gifts to Caldera are greatly appreciated. To make a donation, visit CalderaArts.org or call (503) 937-7438. Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 Henry Brown and Steve Bedford Casey Family Fund of the Oregon Henry Brown Interiors Community Foundation Janna Brown Lori and Les Cooper Robin and Eric Busch Mark and Ann Edlen Duncan and Cindy Campbell Diana Gerding Judy Campbell Susan H. Hoffman and Nancy Carlin and Craig Casey Fred Trullinger Greg and Adrienne Chaillé John and Janet Jay Timothy and Marianne Chapman LAIKA/house David Chen Duane and Barbara McDougall Brad Cloepfil Pacific Northwest College of Art Construction Management Todd and Mariniah Prendergast Services Chris and Suze Riley Steve and Jenny Crew Howard and Manya Shapiro Charles S. Crownover Fund of the Oregon Community Rod Crownover and Alicia Howard Foundation Mary Gallinger Chris and Linda Loughran Chris and Dot Galluzzo David and Sherri Luhr Kirsten and Thomas Giacomini Kathleen MacNaughton Lourri Hammack Ken Mandelbaum Tim and Caren Hardin Thomas Manley Dan and Bobby Heagerty Mario’s Margaret Heater Sara Mason Sandy Henderson Julianna McClatchey Diane and Wesley Hickey Gary McGee & Company Dave Hill and Judy Drake Donald N. McGregor Foundation John and Karen Hoke Vikki Mee and Steve Cox Sue and Mike Hollern Lora and Jim Meyer Eric and Keena Hormel John and Geri Miner Ginny and Mike Hughes René Mitchell Linda Hutchins Modified Style Samuel Jackson Peter Moore Judy Murphy Albert Solheim Kathy and Frank Deggendorfer Nancy and John James Gus Van Sant Becky DelaCruz Jim and Diane Jeddeloh Rosalie Neilson Jody and Jan Ward Kaaren and Harry Demorest Clark and Nola Jeli Carl and Gwen Newport Ward Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation The Gun and Tom Denhart Family Fund Alan and Marilynn Jensen Charles and Debbie Newport Job Lab, LLC David and Jennifer Nolfi Robert and Mary Anne Woodell contributions Mary and Wayne Normand Ron Stefani Joe and Nancy Hertzberg Colleen Dougherty and Andrew Wachs David and Molly Hilts Dylan Moxness Karen Hinsdale Sara and John Murphy Pamela and Fritz Hummelt NAU Kathleen and James Stengel Paul Barber N. Robert and Barre Stoll Emma Beckman Maret Pajutee Susan Stratton Spencer and Jane Beebe Kathleen Peek Craig Stuvland Pepsi-Cola of Bend Charles J. and Caroline Swindells Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Perkins and Company Scott H. Terrall Greg Phillips TWIST ¿Por Qué No? Mary and Ken Unkeles Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Procter & Gamble Nicole Vogel Michael Quinn John and Ashley Weil Gary and Susan Reynolds Tyler Whisnand and Suki Diamond Susanne and Stanley Penkin Samantha Richardson Harriet and Jackson Riley Sally Russell Gregory Saliba Steve and Kelly Sandstrom Jason Saunders and Stephanie Kelly Paul Schneider and Lauren Eulau Bryan Wieden Carolyn and Duke Wieden Cassie Wieden Dorothy Wieden Sara Wiener and Joanne Richter Dennis and Jean Wilde Nancy Wilgenbusch Vanessa Wilkins Marsha Shenk Homer Williams Simon, Toney & Fischer Fran Willis John Smoot Lawrence Wolfe Tricia Snell and Dave Clingan Dan Woodell John and Judy Spezza Bill and Julie Young Paul and Sidney Spezza Doug Stamm Romy Mortensen Lynne and Sage Dorsey Danielle Nye Amanda Stuermer 20 $100–$999 Sarah Orleans Gilbert Parker and Heather Guthrie Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 Beecher Carlson Insurance Agency, LLC Ali Draudt Janice and Greg Druian Paul and Mary Evers David and Lisa Bermudez Sara Fleming Merten Bolt Fabric Boutique Courtney Francis Rod Bonacker Noelle Fredland Douglas Bouland Cynthia Fuhrman John and Maureen Bradley Nels Gabbert Brian and Barnes Laura Garnier Carrie Brillstein Patricia and Jack Geringer Steve Brooke Mary Gibson Tim and Monica Burdsall Charlotte and Scott Gilbride Claudia D. Burnett and Sam Carnahan Alex Gillet Bruce Burns Monika Gray Courtney Campbell Jenny and Tim Green Capital Pacific Bank Kenneth and Cindy Greger D’Nita Carbone Michaele Grina Johanna Cena Ed Grosswiler Wallace and Judi Charman Lorraine Guthrie and Erik Kiaer Ryan and Amy Christensen Diane Hall David and Katherine Gold Greg Close Charles T. Halton Pete and Katherine Cole Juli and Ramsey Hamdan Charlene Conley Susan Hammer and Lee Kelly Dannon Company Linda and Jim Hansink Mark Dewitt Beth Harrington The William Diebold and Deborah Freedberg Fund Heidi and Graham Hausler Betty Digman Joan Doherty Gail Hayes Davis Kirsten Heinz Donna Huntsman Craig Norman Joshua Husbands Northwest Film Center In Both Ears Whitney Nye Erica Jayasuriya Michael Olds and Gloria Borg Olds Blair and Steve Jenkins Sabrina Jetton Heather and Ross Johnson Suzanne Johnson Kathleen Julian Ceseley Kathrens Resa Kee and Mark Hopkins Kirk Kelley Terryl and H.M. Kemple Diana Kim Maureen and Kenneth Klecker Doug and Wendy Knight Barbara Kralj and Mark Matsler Carrie Larsen Mike Larsen Vincent Leduca Sue Levin Briana and Troy Linden Amy O’Neill and Larry Staver Nancy and Issac Oren Justin Oswald Erick Petersen Peter Platt Portland Art Museum Paige Powell Gillian and Dave Rathbun Curtis Robinhold Kim Russo Ann and Robert Sacks Sammye Sanborn Lisa Sanman Louis A. Santiago Robert Schlichting and Michele Miller Peter and Megan Schoonmaker Lizard Lounge Christine and Jay SchroederFain Julie Mancini Self Enhancement, Inc. Anne McLaughlin Joan and John Shipley Rich and Janet Meganck Bob and Susan Moore Susan Shugerman and Joseph Mann Trudi Morrison The Skanner contributions Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 William Slater and Monica Hayes Arvie and Julie Smith Vicki Smith and Claude Burgoyne Sidnee Snell Bill and Kathy Spezza Willadean and Jerry Stonelake Maggie and John Stott $1–$99 21 Carol A. Montclaire Burky and Harry Achilles Lynn Montgomery Brianne Baker Alise Munson Erin Baldwin Andrea Nelsen Erin Beery Michelle Niemann Larry and Carmen Booman Susan E. Owens Brooks Resources PDX Contemporary Art Melinda Carnese Lillian Pitt Molly and Adam Carroll Nancy Pitt Lucia Toro and Gerard C.S. Mildner Sara Cotton Lucas Posada James and Joan Croteau Peter Rock Nikki Tracy David J. Danowski Drinda Roth Graciani and Claudia Valderrama Courtney Day Heather Schermerhorn Jason Valdez Michael Etter Dianna Smiley Margaret Vining James Finn Kate Sokoloff Mark and Marilyn Von Bergen Wilmot Foster Tom and Terri Sorensen Siavash Vossoughi Mark Fristad Productions Allyson Spencer Dr. Robert, Linda and Brittany Weinstein Steve Gehlen Hannah Steinberg Cheeraz Gorman Rebecca A. Storkson Jackie Weissman Judy Graves Dave and Lynda Sullivan Diane West Rebecca Groff Luke Swanson Laura Wieden Blatner and Joe Blatner Perry Gruber Keith Thomajan Pamela Strickfaden Sherrie Wieden White and Mike White Quinton Hallett Deborah and Robert Vaughn Claire Hobson Kate Wagle Janet and Don Williams Julie Hotchkiss Joan Komolos Wardwell David and Susan Wisdom Kimberly Howard Ellen Waterston Michael Woods and Annie Bellman Estelle M. Kelley Barb and Don Welty Young Kim Jess and Andrea Wetsel Kevin Wright Darryl King Thomas and Anne Winner Doug and Jill Zanger Suzanne Maddux Amanda Wright Wendy Martenson Alejos Shelly Lynn and Jeff Mix contributions We send our sincerest appreciation and thanks to all the volunteers who helped us in 2009 and 2010. Your expertise, time, wisdom, love and unselfish willingness to give to Caldera help make every student and program at Caldera a success. Grants and Sponsorships National Endowment for the Arts Arnerich Massena Oregon Arts Commission Bank of America Charitable Foundation Oregon Council for the Humanities Black Butte Ranch Oregon Cultural Trust Collins Foundation Oregon Department of Education–Summer Food Service Program Hoover Family Foundation The Roundhouse Foundation H.W. Irwin & D.C.H. Irwin Foundation Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation Jackson Foundation Silver Family Foundation “I love Caldera, and part of that has to do with the people that make up Caldera, because no matter where you come from, they always make you feel like you belong.” —Javier (Camp Name: Shark) Deschutes Children’s Foundation Dynamic Consulting Five Pine Lodge and Conference Center Gray Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation PacifiCorp Foundation Perkins & Company Portland Regional Educational Telecommunications Corporation The Program Management, LLC Redmond School District Keeping the Beat Sisters Ranger District The All Spice Company KeyBank National Association AnyBody Pilates Lake Creek Lodge Herbert A. Templeton Foundation DocuMart The Lamb Foundation EcoBinary LLC Marie Lamfrom Foundation Arnold Ismach Charlotte Martin Foundation McGhee Productivity Solutions Marylhurst University NIKE, Inc. Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Pizza Schmizza Metolius River Resort U.S. Bank Central & Eastern Oregon Division Powell’s Books Meyer Memorial Trust Whole Foods TWIST Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission The Bonnie C. Wieden Memorial Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Vestas Americas Whole Foods Wieden+Kennedy Studio 22 Multnomah County, Oregon Allied Works Architecture Ford Family Foundation In-Kinds Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 Multnomah County Cultural Coalition T J Education Fund The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving U.S. Bancorp Community Relations Wieden Family Foundation Wieden+Kennedy William L. Price Charitable Foundation Ziba Design thank you! Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 23 caldera’s adult Program adult program artists in residence During the winter months at our Arts Center, Caldera provides monthlong residencies to professional artists: the gift of time and space to create their work. Since 2002, Caldera has served almost 300 artists in this way. Artists are awarded residencies through a rigorous, independently juried selection process (that is, chosen by an expert panel that changes each year, and made up of individuals outside of Caldera’s board and staff). The residencies provide artists with workspace, a beautiful natural environment and a community of other artists during the critical early-creation stages of their work. The result of this work ends up traveling back into Oregon’s public cultural life in the form of books, performances and exhibitions, as well as in new collaborations and new ideas that could only have formed in the special atmosphere of a residency. With our residency program, we demonstrate our support of creative experimentation and see ourselves as a “research and development laboratory of the arts.” Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 We also value the lifelong learning that these residencies represent, and model, for the young people in our youth program. Caldera’s artist residents often conduct special workshops and presentations in the schools we work within, and Caldera’s high schoolers visit the artists’ studios for a glimpse into the artists’ creative processes. Artist residents also present their work in free “Open Studio” events—three each winter—that welcome the Central Oregon community into Caldera for work-in-progress readings, exhibitions and performances. 24 “Without Caldera giving me that support at a crucial moment of my artistic life, I would certainly be a more discouraged artmaker, if indeed I remained one at all.” Caldera’s residency program is now gaining recognition locally, nationally and internationally (we host a number of international residents each year). For instance, in 2010, we were honored to receive an Oregon “Golden Spot” award from the Ford Family Foundation, recognizing our support —Jacob Coleman of Oregon visual artists. The award allows us to Artist in Residence, 2009 give special fellowships to Oregon visual artists in our program. Caldera was also featured in a report by the Alliance of Artists Communities (the national membership consortium of artist residency programs) spotlighting our dance residencies, as Caldera is one of the few residency programs in the United States that accommodates dance companies. adult program Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 25 2009 highlight In 2009, Caldera hosted a special curated residency with Reggie Wilson’s Fist & Heel Performance Group and Andreya Ouamba’s Premier Temps dance company. Both companies gathered in Central Oregon for 17 days to work on a new production, “The Good Dance,” which premiered at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 2010. During their residency, the companies conducted workshops with Caldera youths and staged public work-in-progress performances at our Arts Center in Central Oregon and at Conduit in Portland. 2010 highlight In June 2010, Caldera hosted a curated residency with Oregon Ballet Theatre. OBT brought seven dancers to Central Oregon for a week to choreograph new dances and develop ongoing work. At the end of the week, the company conducted three dress rehearsals open to the public, including talks and question-and-answer periods with Christopher Stowell, OBT artistic director, and Anne Mueller, OBT principal dancer and choreographer (now the artistic coordinator). adult program artist in residence participants Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 26 2009 2010 Joe Girandola, Pennsylvania, sculpture, drawing, performance-based video work Liz Gill Neilson, Oregon, painting, printmaking, multimedia art Fever Theater with co-artistic directors Jacob Coleman, Amber Whitehall, and Kate Sanderson Holly, Oregon, performance, directing, teaching Duncan Neilson, Oregon, music performance and composition Jenny Vogel, New York, video, photography, computer arts Lisa Wells, Oregon, literature Philip Iosca, Oregon, visual arts and design Jessie Rose Vala, California, painting, ceramics, installation Cannon Bernáldez Bazan, Mexico, photography Kim Russo, Florida, drawing, painting Kate Northrop, Wyoming, poetry Jason Randolph, Virginia, juggling, magic, installation, performance art Allison DeLauer, California, poetry Hand2Mouth Theatre, Oregon Sandy Florian, California, poetry and fiction Erin Elder, New Mexico, curating, literature VONIGA with Joe Janiga and Courtney Von Drehle, Oregon, music performance and composition Anna Marie Rockwell, New York, painting Rafael Oses, Connecticut, poetry Jessica Burton, Oregon, dance choreography Jason Porter, New York, fiction Kevin Cooley, New York, photography/video Wendy Given, Oregon, photography, installation Krista Caballero, California, video, performance, sculpture, installation Danielle Kelly, Nevada, visual arts, literature Heather Watkins, Oregon, drawing, printmaking, book arts, interdisciplinary Noelle Stiles, Oregon, performer, choreography Vanessa Renwick, Oregon, film, installation Jin Lee, Illinois, photography Cara Spooner and Alicia Grant, Canada, dance, installation, film events Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 27 24/7 On October 23, 2009, Caldera hosted our annual fund-raiser, called 24/7, on the 6th-floor terrace of the Wieden+Kennedy building in Portland. The event featured a student art sale, a wine pull and the opportunity to bid on special stories that Caldera youths had written about their lives, presented in beautifully designed packages. With over 100 in attendance, Caldera raised over $30,000. Oct events It is found in the mountains and the city. It is in homes and in hearts. In the paintbrush and discovery of that special place between hope and change. Caldera is a place that you can take with you wherever CALDERA you go and will always be there whenever you need it. Come spend an evening with us and take Caldera with you. F R I D AY stories of change The year 2010 marked the beginning of a new idea—Stories of Change—for our annual fundIt is found inwill the mountains raisers: each year, we present a different and W I E D E N + K E N N E DY Caldera speaker who thestudent city. orItinspirational is in homes andhasin 2 2 4 N W 1 3 T H Aexperienced VE great transformation in their life. On hearts. In the paintbrush and P O R T L A N D O R 9 October 7 2 0 927, 2010, Caldera supporters gathered pen. It is by inKeyBank, the songs at a the luncheon, sponsored at the of birds, the laughing of children Caldera board member Myrlie Evers-Williams. and the civil discovery of that Myrlie is a national rights activist, author and the first full-time chairman of the NAACP. At the special place between hope and Hors d’ oeuvres and event, she spoke about her life, the tragedy of the change. Caldera is a place that assassination of her first husband (civil rights leader wi ne wi l l be served youEvers) canand take with of you wherever Medgar the power transformation birds, the laughing of children the 6:30–8:30 PM (En t e r a t 1 2 t h Av e. e n t rPortland a n ce ) Art Museum to hear special guest and the pen. It is in the songs of and 23 24 / 7 in her life and for Caldera students. Joining Myrlie you go and will always be there were several of our youths who shared their own whenever you need it. inspiring P r e s e n t e d b y Ke y B a n k stories. With 300 in attendance, Caldera netted $115,000 to support our programs. Come spend an evening with us $75 PER GUEST and take Caldera with you. To purchase tickets, call (503) 937-7594 Caldera Lunchbox June 4 12–12:30 p.m. events Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 words without walls Featuring Bryonn Bain & Portland’s own—Madgesdiq Bryonn Bain 28 To celebrate our students’ efforts at the end of the 2008–2009 Words Without Walls writing and spoken arts focus, we hosted a First Thursday student exhibition in June 2009 at the Wieden+Kennedy building. Students performed their own original work alongside professional artists Good Sista/Bad Sista, Madgesdiq and special guest Grand Slam Poetry Champion Bryonn Bain. Bryonn is a Brooklyn prison activist, hip-hop artist, spoken word poet, author, actor and educator. Madgesdiq events Bryonn Bain is Brooklyn’s own prison activist, hip hop artist, spoken word poet, author, actor, and educator. Described by Cornel West as an artist who “speak’s his truth with a power we desperately need to hear,” Bain hosts BET-J’s award-winning talk show My Two Cents. Wrongfully imprisoned during his second year at Harvard Law, Bryonn sued the NYPD, was interviewed by Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes, and wrote the Village Voice cover story—“Walking While Black”—which drew the largest response in the history of the nation’s most widely read progressive newspaper. “I Wanna Be Free”, these are the words of the ever so engaging artist known as Madgesdiq. After a brief professional basketball career, which took him to many different countries around the world, including Brazil and Portugal, Madgesdiq set out on a new journey, one that would eventually lead him back to his childhood hobbies of writing and music. Madgesdiq’s CD, “I Wanna Be Free” is available at www.myspace.com/madgesdiq. friends events In 2009, encouraged by a Match Challenge Grant from the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Caldera began a Friend campaign. In 2009 and 2010, Caldera hosted special receptions to increase our donations and both were huge successes. We met our goal of 75 new Friends in 2009 and 50 in 2010. Thank you to the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund for this opportunity, and thank you to all of the Friends of Caldera who made it possible. directors and committees Caldera Board of Directors Dan Wieden, Chair Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer Wieden+Kennedy Portland, Oregon Cindy Campbell Founder Friends of the Children–Portland Portland, Oregon David Chen Founder and Principal Equilibrium Capital Group Portland, Oregon Myrlie Evers-Williams Former Chair, National Board of Directors NAACP Pomona, California Dan Heagerty Independent Environmental Consultant; formerly with David Evans and Associates Portland, Oregon John Jay Global Executive Creative Director Wieden+Kennedy Portland, Oregon Cristy Lanfri Central Oregon Supporter of the Arts, Education and Children Bend, Oregon Wes Lawrence NW Regional President KeyBank Portland, Oregon René Mitchell Partner and Account Supervisor tbd advertising Bend, Oregon Mary Normand, Secretary Executive Assistant Wieden+Kennedy Portland, Oregon Howard Shapiro Nonprofit Consultant Portland, Oregon Dennis Wilde Architect and Partner Gerding Edlen Development Portland, Oregon Nancy Wilgenbusch President Emerita and Life Trustee Marylhurst University Marylhurst, Oregon Executive Committee Dan Wieden, Chair John Jay Mary Normand Howard Shapiro Tricia Snell Finance and Investment Committee Wes Lawrence, Chair Cindy Campbell Howard Shapiro Tricia Snell Development Committee Howard Shapiro, Chair Les Badden Greg Brown Matt Hansink Emily Powell Tricia Snell Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 Central Oregon Advisory Committee Deborah Brzoska, Chair Caryl Casbon Kathy Deggendorfer Paul Evers Wendie Every Polly Gervais Jenny Green Sue Hollern Pamela Hulse Andrews Terry Kemple Cristy Lanfri Katie Merritt René Mitchell Cate O’Hagan Amanda Stuermer Jody Ward Facility Committee Dennis Wilde, Chair Thom Brzoska Jim Evered Tricia Snell Cassie Wieden Nominating Committee Dan Wieden, Chair Cindy Campbell Robert K. Gerding Cristy Lanfri Wes Lawrence René Mitchell Howard Shapiro 29 staff Caldera’s annual report 2009 – 2010 30 Tricia Snell Executive Director Kirsten Kilchenstein Education Director David Nolfi Finance Director Matt Hansink Development Director Alisha Miller Development Associate caldera staff “I have never met people who sincerely care about youths as the Caldera staff does. They as a whole have done so much for me that I want to do the same for youths in the future.” —Luwam (Camp Name: Lulu) Katie Wisdom Weinstein Artists in Residence Coordinator and Special Projects Manager Charlene Conley Education Operations Manager Christina Quattrocchi Education Program Coordinator Deborah Hodges Youth Mentor Theresa Peterson Youth Mentor Jon Larsen Youth Mentor Katie Noland Program Assistant/Intern (funded by Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund) Jim and Patty Evered Thom Brzoska Site Management Team (through March 2010) Bill and Kathy Spezza Kevin Jacobson Site Management Team (April 2010 onward)