Arts place nurtures the creative spirit by making arts experiences, education, and services accessible to the region's residents, artists, and cultural organizations

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Facility operations - facility management has been a major responsibility for arts place, inc. Since 1983. Arts place operates three community arts facilities. These facilities are located as follows:portland - the portland facility was originally acquired in 1983 and renovated through a $500,000 capital campaign. Arts place completed a $2. 9 million project in december 2000 that tripled the space of the original structure. The expanded center includes a 283-seat theatre, three galleries, a reception and dining area known as goodrich hall, music and visual art studios, rehearsal and meeting rooms, and office space. The grounds include two parking lots, an arts park, and a structure housing a 3,000 lb. Gas kiln. A prominent feature of the portland center is its public art. These works include the massive tile relief mural, landscape's legacy by cleveland artist rhonda franklin. This ceramic installation was the result of a three-year project that included over 40 apprentices and volunteers. On the grounds may be found the bronze sculpture autumn by harold "tuck" langland of granger, indiana. Also on the grounds is a glass and stone sculpture oblio in blue by rockford, ohio artist james michael kahle. The wood sculpture, amazon, was created by the late arthur harshman, the chief designer for indiana glass and a member of the arts place board in its early years. The portland facility is home to an intensive year-round offering of exhibits, performances, and arts instruction. The facility also provides a unique teaching, meeting and celebration space for community groups, as well as local business and industry. Traffic at the portland center for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2015 was estimated at more than 30,000 visits. The board of directors has designated that the income from the ann h. Goodrich endowment be used for costs relating to facility operations. Three funds at the portland foundation have been established to provide for various costs of arts place's portland center. These include the maxwell and cornelia naas arts council fund at the portland foundation that serves as an endowment for major renovations and repairs to the portland facility. Another endowment for the maintenance of the facility was established through a bequest by the late helen barrenbrugge in fiscal year 2008. Also at the portland foundation, the hawkins community trust fund provides operating support for the portland facility. St. Marys - in late 2005, arts place assumed responsibility for the collective center, a small facility in downtown st. Mary's, ohio. The rented structure was originally opened in may of 2005 by a group of volunteers seeking to start an arts center. In late 2005, the board of directors agreed to accept the collective center as a program of arts place. Since that time the center has moved twice, once in 2007 and again in december 2011. The leased facility includes a classroom, a gallery, and office space. Local input for the operations of the collective center is provided by an advisory community board that reports to the arts place corporate board. Day-to-day operations are managed by a center director. In the spring of 2015 arts place was forced to move the collective center from its location at 142 east spring street in st. Marys due to the sale of the building. In may, the city of st. Marys voted to offer to purchase a building at 207 east spring street for the specific use by arts place for the collective center. Negotiations between the owner and the city of st. Marys through the st. Marys community improvement corporation (cic) concluded with purchase by the cic. A two-year lease was approved by the arts place board of directors at its august 2015 board meeting for a lease beginning september 1, 2015. A formal dedication of the new center is planned for january 2016. Hartford city - in late 2011 arts place entered into a 10-year lease with the city government of hartford city for the first floor of a building