Washington Pavilion Management Inc

Programs: The husby performing arts center (hpac) features the mary w. Sommervold hall, belbas theater and the schulte room. These state-of-the art performance facilities are home to the pavilion performance series, the washington pavilion's annual presentation of six world-class performances including broadway musicals and a wide variety of other entertainment. In addition, the washington pavilion presents numerous exclusive extra performances and mission related performing arts productions. Hpac provides the stage for major producers, promoters and organizations to rent facilities at the washington pavilion to showcase all that the arts have to offer. 2016 was a very prosperous year for hpac with record attendance. Over 42,000 people attended shows presented by hpac. The year kicked off with five performances of pippin which blew sioux falls away with its great acrobatics and wonderful music. Next was the la theatre work's radio theatre production of bram stroker's dracula at the beginning of february. This unique production entertained patrons of all ages. Back by popular demand, million dollar quartet rocked the house over valentine's day. Post secret: the show gave us great performances in the middle of february and was accompanied by a program in the visual arts center. A couple weeks later, peter gros from the original mutual of omaha's wild kingdom brought many fury friends for a student matinee and an unforgettable evening performance. Once the musical gave us three beautiful shows to round out the month of february. Filled with classic broadway tunes, bullets over broadway gave us two wonderful weekend performances in march. We finished up the month of march with two student matinees of curious george. April began with the wonderbread years in o'gorman high school's lorang theatre, a comedic show filled with nostalgia and laughs. The middle of the month meant that jim brickman put on three great concerts in the belbas theater. The following week showcased under the streetlamp, a great show featuring music by the four seasons. Annie had two sold out performances to finish up april and the 2015-16 pavilion performance season. Beauty and the beast, a magical disney tale brought to life, returned in may with another sold out performance. The 2016-17 pavilion performance season began with dirty dancing at the end of september. A couple weeks later, we had travis wall's shaping sound that gave us a dance performance we won't forget. The aluminum show, a fun-filled family show, entertained families in the middle of october. The broadway mega hit rent wowed patrons at the end of november with its 20th anniversary tour and the cartoon classic rudolph the red-nosed reindeer: the musical ended the 2016 year bringing holiday magic to the washington pavilion. The mary w. Sommervold hall was once again home to sioux falls local talent; the south dakota symphony orchestra, augustana university, britza dance studio, balleraena dance studio, mainstage ballet and dance academy, and many public schools performed throughout 2016. Our regional promoters continued to bring in famous entertainers: joe bonamassa, david cook, gordon lightfoot, willie nelson, celtic thunder, for king & country, john mellencamp, just to name a few. The holiday season brought mannheim steamroller, lorie line, tonic sol fa, shaun johnson's big band experience, moscow ballet, the hegg brothers and the oak ridge boys. Over 63,000 people attended performances such as these. Subscribers to the pavilion performance series keep growing! The number of subscribers reached over 2,500-up almost 500 from the previous season.

the kirby science discovery center (ksdc) is the region's foremost hands-on science experience, featuring over 100 interactive permanent exhibits, nearly 20,000 square feet of exhibition space and the wells fargo cinedome. In 2016, 78,577 patrons were welcomed in the ksdc and wells fargo cinedome. Thousands of additional students and families were exposed to science programming through the washington pavilion's participation in offsite festivals, workshops and demonstrations including women in science, sioux empire water festival, sanford research career days, jazzfest, girl and boy scout events and the annual it's all about science festival. On august 19, our new permanent exhibition space: an out-of-this-world experience, sponsored by architecture incorporated, opened on the 2nd floor of the ksdc. This hands-on exhibition provides a glimpse of the challenges and triumphs of space exploration. Interactive exhibits invite patrons to engage in the extraordinary conditions of space exploration and the science that makes it successful. What lies ahead for human space flight? And what does it mean for life on earth? On october 13, the all-new fit zone, fueled by sanford health, opened on the 4th floor of the ksdc. The exhibit stations engage patrons to motivate their mood, think about their food, move their body and recharge their energy. Patrons are able to interact with the new snack slap game and virtual reality bikes, or visit their past favorites including the wheelchair racers and rock climbing wall. Programming and special events: over 10,000 patrons attended our scheduled 20-minute demonstrations at stage science sponsored by avera located on the 3rd floor. Over 5,000 patrons experienced a table-top science activity at our science on wheels mobile demo carts. Demonstrations and demo cart activities are led by trained science center staff and volunteers and allow patrons to explore a variety of rotating science topics. On october 14 and 15, 795 patrons participated in the annual two-day spooky science event. This year's theme was "space! " in celebration of the new exhibition space: an out-of-this-world experience. 2016 saw 27,304 patrons viewing educational films in the wells fargo cinedome. "walking with dinosaurs: prehistoric planet" "deepsea challenge" "the light before christmas" "robots" "antarctica: on the edge" "journey to space" "national parks adventure" "incredible predators"

the visual arts center (vac) is fully accredited by the american alliance of museums. 2016 continued its tradition of bringing fine art to children and adults through exhibitions and related programming, collections (permanent and education collections) and special events. The vac features seven galleries and more than 11,000 square feet of exhibition space in addition to 5,000 square feet of lower level workspace and art storage. In 2016, the vac welcomed 23,158 patrons. Highlights: arts night 2016 was a highlight once again as we celebrated its 55th year. The vac was able to honor thomas dempster as the 2016 emeritus award winner, which recognizes his outstanding and ongoing support and commitment to the visual arts center as a board member, advocate for the arts and artist. The auction and gala, which was held on may 7, showcased 60 artists. The event raised more than $141,000 through sponsorship, auction and ticket sales, as well as through the generous support of the arts night sustainers group. The paladino hohm sculpture garden, which houses vac permanent collection pieces like friendship knot #2 by yupin pramotepipop, charging buffalo by richard hunt, tallgrass by dale lamphere and the garden gate by bob natz, recently underwent a significant and beautiful renovation. The garden now boasts better accessibility, a large fountain, seating for lunch and three rotating sculptures made possible by the sioux falls sculpture walk and the city of sioux falls. The fresh garden will host sculptural exploration, events, outdoor lunch access, music and much more. General maintenance and upkeep was made possible by endowment support from jack paladino. Programming highlights: the vac always looks to do more than just host an exhibition. The educational opportunities that are associated with the exhibition become almost as important as the artwork itself for many in the facility. Here are some of the highlights: the argus leader held a panel discussion with photographers over the moment: when art meets news. With support from the south dakota humanities grant, a panel discussion was held with anna reich, dr. Lindsay twa, and dr. William prigge for anna reich's exhibition, no one asked us, in the jerstad gallery. Lamont hunt held a talk with question & answer session for his exhibition from the midwest to la: perspectives of a professional illustrator & animator. Teaming up with the northern plains indian art market, a gallery talk was held with denver art museum's john lukavic for "everything traditional was once contemporary: the past and present in american indian arts. "

the washington pavilion's community learning center (clc) strives to provide outstanding educational opportunities for people in sioux falls and the surrounding area through outreach, classes, professional development and special events. Clc programming reaches a wide cross-section of our community: over 30,000 community members participated in clc programming in 2016. Over 20,000 of these were youth and over 13,000 people served were reached outside of the washington pavilion's walls through outreach, making the washington pavilion a shared experience throughout the wider sioux falls community. Programming and special events: the action arts and science program (aasp) provides weekly hands-on art and science classes for at-risk youth in the region at no cost. Aasp brought washington pavilion instructors and resources to kids throughout the entire community with steam (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) programming for youth. Aasp provided weekly outreach opportunities to students at the multicultural center, juvenile detention center, bowden youth center, the ymca after-school program at three middle schools, 10 kids' inc. Sites at local elementary schools, kids stop, and the voa youth chemical dependency unit. Other outreach efforts included offering hands-on arts and science activities for families at community events. Over 450 youth participated in action arts and science programming each week throughout the school year at over 20 partner after-school sites arts and science classes, workshops and more. Classes and camps were offered in the fall, spring and summer, serving over 2,600 youth participants. Classes offered through the osher lifelong learning center (olli) reached 316 area seniors. Birthday parties led by washington pavilion staff served over 1,100 young guests. The dakota academy of performing arts (dapa) at the washington pavilion has a mission to provide opportunities for young people to excel in the performing arts. The dapa music institute offered a school year and summer chamber music program and a joint music summer camp with south dakota symphony youth orchestra and continued a partnership with the sioux falls catholic schools. The dapa youth theatre institute featured an expanded season with performances of shrek, jr. , schoolhouse rock, live jr. And sleeping beauty. Summer camp theatre opportunities included the aristocats, kids, guys and dolls, jr. , beauty and the beast, jr. And the tempest as well as urinetown the musical in partnership with augustana university. Urinetown was awarded broadwayworld. Com's most outstanding theatre experience award in sioux falls for 2016. Six plays from the plays for living theatre company were performed as outreach throughout schools and community centers in the sioux falls region. Over 500 young performers participated in dapa at the washington pavilion programs. Students from the dapa program brought performances to over 13,000 audience members (over 5,800 of audience are area youth in school outreach) the graham academy preschool provides for the "whole child" by encouraging exploration and problem-solving skills, creativity, 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. 43 students attended the graham academy preschool in the 2016-17 school year. The community learning center premiered a family fundraising event, happily ever afternoon, to raise funds for education and outreach efforts at the washington pavilion. 122 guests participated in the inaugural event. Internship program:nine interns were placed at the washington pavilion in 2016, providing over 1,800 hours of service-learning to the washington pavilion. Through performance insights, outreach events and master classes with professional performers appearing on the mary w. Sommervold hall stage, the clc strives to provide high-quality performing arts education to participants of all ages and experience levels. 99 community members participated in artist talk-back and workshops with the montana repertoire production of dracula. 1,120 audience members attended performance insights pre-performance discussions. 479 area preschoolers learned about fire safety and burn prevention at the burn awareness puppet show at the washington pavilion. 63 lowell elementary 5th graders participated in etiquette lessons and a performance of the sioux empire community theatre's mary poppins followed by formal lunch at the washington pavilion. Science outreach and education:141 students (pre-k-8th grade) participated in the design challenge-using creativity and the scientific process to design and build a fast race car, with appropriate safety equipment, that safely carried its driver (humpty dumpty) through a series of distance trials and crash tests. 446 students from lowell elementary participated in specially-designed interactive labs through a partnership that brings them to the washington pavilion for a science curriculum-tied experience every year. The ag friday event was attended by 495 third graders at the washington pavilion, who learned about south dakota farming and agricultural science. 56 area students presented projects at the annual science fair showcase. 522 students of all ages took part in discovery labs with their school or community groups. Visual arts outreach and education :260 students' artwork was displayed in off-the-fridge art exhibitions in the washington pavilion's 2nd floor lobby. 108 adults from lifescape created and learned about art making during visual arts classes in the washington pavilion's carver classroom. 628 students of all ages took part in art smart studios with their school and community groups. 205 people participated in our sunday open clay studio program.