At the start of the 2020 fiscal year on July 1, Allied Arts transitioned its board leadership with Steve Mason beginning his term as board chairperson. For nearly a decade, Mason has served on the Allied Arts board of directors in a number of capacities, including grantmaking chair, IT committee member, vice chair and liaison to member agencies. In his various roles with Allied Arts, he has consistently offered his business acumen and vision to identify solutions to the challenges facing the nonprofit cultural community.

Glen Maynard of Devon Energy will serve as vice chair of the Allied Arts board of directors, Aimee Harlow, community volunteer, was named secretary, and Max Myers of Tall Oak Midstream will continue his role as treasurer.

In addition, Allied Arts welcomed 10 new members to its board of directors. They are committed to utilizing their unique skill sets and passion for the arts to help expand Allied Arts fundraising initiatives, and enhance awareness and appreciation of the community impact of central Oklahoma’s cultural community.

“The Allied Arts board of directors is an integral component to the success of the organization, and we are thrilled about these new additions,” said Deborah McAuliffe Senner, President & CEO of Allied Arts. “Not only do these new members bring energy, but they also bring valuable insight and skill sets to the group that will make us stronger than ever.”

Please help us welcome the new board leadership and members to Allied Arts.

Welcome New Board Leadership + New Members

art mattersWith art can change a life.youAllied Arts Quarterly Newsletter Volume 15, Issue 1, Fall 2019

Steve Mason, Chair (Mason Realty)Aimee Harlow, Secretary (Community Volunteer)

Glen Maynard, Vice Chair (Devon Energy) Max Myers, Treasurer (Tall Oak Midstream)

Paula Love (Pauline Oil & Gas)

Nathan Rice (PWC)

Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell (State of Oklahoma)

Claire Turmelle (OU Medicine, Inc.)

Taylor Shinn (Baker Hughes, a GE company)

Karin Holsted (Community Volunteer)

Clay Cockrill (Manhattan Construction Company)

Collins Peck (Smith & Pickel Construction)

Austin Manger (Oklahoma Natural Gas)

Dan Rotelli (BIS)

Annual Agency Bus Tour

(Top) Deborah McAuliffe Senner, Allied Arts president and CEO, leads the bus tour. (Left) Allied Arts 2019 Bus Tour Participants

Allied Arts is thrilled to announce the addition of several new members to our team.

A recent graduate of the Gaylord College of Journalism at OU, Maci French is the Content Manager for Allied Arts’ latest initiative, Art Around OKC. In addition to working for the arts, she loves to explore her own creative side through both writing and painting.

Tara Heitz serves as the Development and Employee Giving Associate at Allied Arts. Tara taught band in the Edmond Public Schools for 17 years before transitioning to a career in the nonprofit sector. She is also a clarinetist in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.

Haley McCaleb is the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO and serves as the liaison to the Allied Arts board of directors. A graduate of OU, McCaleb enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, and attending OU football and OKC Thunder basketball games.

Ashleigh Robinson is the Development and Administrative Associate at Allied Arts, managing the OKCityCard and greeting office visitors. A recent graduate of OCU, Robinson currently serves as Miss OKC.

Introducing New Staff

Maci French

Tara Heitz

Haley McCaleb

Ashleigh Robinson

On the morning of September 19, new and seasoned board members, as well as employee giving coordinators, volunteers and donors, attended the annual Allied Arts bus tour. The half-day tour made four stops with presentations from 12 member agency and grantee representatives.

The 45 tour participants heard from cultural cornerstones like Lyric Theatre, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and Oklahoma City Museum of Art, while also learning how smaller, but equally important, organizations are impacting lives. Tour-goers learned that Life Change Ballroom and Metropolitan School of Dance provide dance lessons to underserved kids while teaching important life skills and mentorship. El Sistema and Oklahoma Youth Orchestras shared that they offer quality music lessons to children, bolstering their musical skill level and confidence. El Sistema focuses on low-income children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to receive music instruction, and Oklahoma Youth Orchestras provides substantial financial aid as it does not turn any child away from its program. While at deadCenter Film’s office, participants learned that the organization travels the state to introduce the various elements of filmmaking to rural high school students.

Your Investment in ActionIn addition to annual allocation grants distributed quarterly to its member agencies totaling $2.3 million this year, Allied Arts manages two additional grant programs with funds awarded twice per fiscal year to qualified central Oklahoma cultural nonprofit organizations. In the first cycle of the 2020 fiscal year, Allied Arts approved $98,650 in educational outreach and $29,516 in capacity-building grants in support of 47 unique projects.

The Allied Arts educational outreach grant program provides funding to expand the scope and reach of youth arts education in classrooms, afterschool sites, libraries and neighborhood centers. Projects supported in the first grant cycle of 2020 include: placement of teaching artists in urban schools serving low-income youth; free museum fieldtrips and concerts for schools; and afterschool programming at schools and art facilities.

The Allied Arts capacity-building grant program provides funding to strengthen the organizational standing of cultural nonprofits. Projects supported in the first grant cycle of 2020 include: long-range planning initiatives; professional development opportunities; and website and social media enhancement efforts.

For a comprehensive list of award recipients and amounts, please visit alliedartsokc.com/grants. The deadline to submit applications to be considered for the second cycle of 2020 educational outreach and capacity-building grants is January 24.

Special Thanks to Educational Outreach Funders – 2019 Campaign

Bank of America Dobson Family FoundationFlogistixHobby Lobby

JPMorgan ChaseKimrayUMB BankWells Fargo Bank

Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art’s afterschool program

Employee Giving

Allied Arts is proud to participate again in the Heart of the City Campaign, State Charitable Campaign and Continental Resources’ employee giving campaign, all of which kicked off in September. Together, employees at the City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma and Continental raised more than $139,000 for Allied Arts last year! Allied Arts is incredibly grateful to be included in their philanthropic initiatives. If you are an employee of the City of OKC or State of OK, please consider designating your gift to Allied Arts using #9100!

Allied Arts and OKCMOA at the State Charitable Campaign Kickoff

Leave a Legacy for the Arts

One of the long-range goals of Allied Arts is to build its endowment to a higher level, so that eventually 100% of campaign proceeds goes directly to arts organizations. As such, Allied Arts is currently engaged in an effort to grow its endowment through October 31.

You can donate by returning the envelope enclosed in this newsletter, or make a secure donation online at alliedartsokc.com/endowment. Endowment donations are fully tax-deductible, and checks may be made out to Allied Arts. Please contact the Allied Arts planned giving team at plannedgiving@alliedartsokc.com.

Thank you for your support!

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• Save the Date

• Fall Circle Club Event

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OKCity Card

To view a comprehensive listing of partners and discounts on the 2019 card, visit OKCityCard.com.

Allied Arts is in the process of securing partners and discounts for the 2020 OKCityCard. We are renewing existing partners and identifying new partners to be featured on the entertainment discount card. Please email ashleigh.robinson@alliedartsokc.com if your business would like to be a part of the 2020 card. Also, please let her know of any businesses you’d like to see on the card!

In the meantime, fall into savings with these great offers. When fall break hits, grab your OKCityCard to explore our area’s first-rate museums and keep your kids engaged and learning! You’ll receive 2-for-1 admission at Harn Homestead Museum, Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Science Museum Oklahoma and many more.

Take advantage of cooler nights and enjoy dinner al fresco! Use your OKCityCard to receive a discount at eateries with some of the best outdoor dining: 10% off at Barrios Fine Mexican Dishes, Cheever’s, The Mule, Republic Gastropub, and 15% at Pearl’s Oyster Bar.

October is National Arts & Humanities Month. Celebrate by seeing a show, signing up for an art class or volunteering with a cultural nonprofit!

Save the Dates

ARTini 2020March 27

2020 Campaign KickoffFebruary 4

It’s not too early to mark your calendars for next year’s ARTini event. Held every spring, ARTini is coordinated by the Allied Arts Catalyst young professionals group and features restaurants and lounges serving hand-crafted martinis, an art auction and live entertainment. Chaired by Amy Davis, Mansions Senior Living, and Blair Sims, Blair Sims Events, the event will be held on March 27 at the OKC Public Farmers Market. The ARTini 2020 theme is CAMP – think Lady Gaga and the recent Met Gala, not tents and s’mores!

Sponsorships are currently available, as are restaurant participation forms. Contact the Allied Arts office at 278-8944 to learn more.

Mark your calendars for the Allied Arts 2020 Campaign Kickoff scheduled for February 4, 2020 at the Embassy Suites on NW Expressway. The annual event will feature incredible performances and testimonials from Allied Arts grantee and member agency beneficiaries, as well as a preview of the 2020 campaign video. Thank you to Champion Hotels for underwriting the 2020 Kickoff event!

Amy Davis

Performers from KidsAlive! wow the Allied Arts 2019 Campaign Kickoff crowd.

Blair Sims

Art Around OKC Launch Party – October 22Earlier this year, Allied Arts was named a winner of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation’s Great Idea Challenge. With a generous grant from the Foundation, Allied Arts has developed Art Around OKC, an online platform featuring a current, robust calendar of cultural and entertainment happenings in and around Oklahoma City. From opera to opry and from Shakespeare to contemporary theatre, Art Around OKC’s calendar covers a wide range of artistic genres.

The second phase of Art Around OKC will feature a directory of arts education opportunities for teachers and discounted flash ticket sales for art events and performances.

To celebrate Art Around OKC, Allied Arts is hosting a launch party on October 22 at Kerr Park in downtown Oklahoma City from 4-6 p.m. We invite Allied Arts donors, friends and downtown OKC workers to stop

by before they head home for the day. The event will feature live entertainment, food trucks, cookie giveaways, free T-shirts to the first 100 attendees and complimentary beer from Stonecloud Brewery.

We hope to see you there!

Artwork by Kris Kanaly

Circle Club Celebrates Fall

On October 2, Allied Arts Circle Club members celebrated the commencement of fall at the home of Janie and Max Myers. Nearly 200 members and their guests had a lovely evening sharing their love for the arts, enjoying food provided by Kam’s Kookery and listening to a musical performance by Josh Roberts, an Oklahoma-born, Nashville-bred performer who got his start at the Rodeo Opry.

Circle Club members are passionate about supporting the arts and come together for quarterly events like the fall party. Individual and corporate memberships are available at various levels - $1,000, $1,500, $2,500, $5,000 and higher – with a donation to the Allied Arts annual campaign. For more information, please email jennifer.bryan@alliedartsokc.com.

Peter Farrell, Byron Jackson and Jesse Wells

David and Shannon Hill, party hosts Max and Janie Myers, and Allied Arts President and CEO Deborah McAuliffe Senner

Kelley Barnes and Kevyn Colburn

Emily Lang, Camilla and David Ostrowe, and Jennifer Schultz

Joshua and Marni Fahrenbruck, and Julie and Clay Cockrill