PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM
101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs, CA 922625659 www.psmuseum.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Palm Springs Art Museum creates transformative experiences that expand our understanding of ourselves and the world. Our collections, exhibitions, and programs connect people to the art and culture of our community and time. We foster and inspire reflection and renewal for local, national, and global audiences.With education at the center of our public service role, the museum has served its diverse audiences in a variety of ways, including: collections and exhibitions, gallery tours, art classes and workshops, lectures and other educational programs for schoolchildren, multi-generational groups, and adults. Our educational reach also extends to special events and performances in the museums Annenberg Theater.

Palm Springs Art Museum creates transformative experiences that expand our understanding of ourselves and the world. Our collections, exhibitions, and programs connect people to the art and culture of our community and time.

Founded in 1938, Palm Springs Art Museum (PSAM) is the largest arts cultural institution in Riverside Countys Coachella Valley. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Palm Springs Art Museum has 28 galleries, two sculpture gardens, four classrooms, a resource center, an artists center, five storage vaults, an eighty-five seat lecture hall, a 433-seat professional theater, a 1,000 square-foot store space, a permanent collection of 12,000+ works of art (including painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, prints, and media works, with strengths in modern and contemporary art), and a popular bistro all in a 150,000 square foot architecturally-significant building. Our satellite locations; PSAM Architecture and Design Center features a 17,000 square foot space for exhibitions and programming that explore the rich topics of architecture and design. We currently have 3500 members and we offer nine membership levels ranging from $65-$25,000. In 2019 our membership increased 44% from the previous year. Our total admissions count for FYE 2019 was 262,999 visitors vs. 267,493 in 2018. Admissions Revenue for FYE 2019 was $699,336 vs. $643,809 in 2018, and an increase of 21.11%.During FYE 2019, the Palm Springs Art Museum presented 15 exhibitions at our main and satellite locations with accompanying by relevant educational programming. Ten of the exhibitions were rotating presentations featuring work from around the world, and five were presentations of the museums own permanent collection. PSAM exhibitions focus on modern and contemporary art, glass, photography, architecture and design, and textiles, and in 2019 included collaborations with the Nevada Museum of Art and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York.The Museum collaborates and partners with the three School Districts in the region; Palm Springs Unified, Coachella Valley Unified, Desert Sands Unified and private schools as well as the areas community college; College of the Desert. We serve students of all ages in a range of creative programs and opportunities. For FYE 2019 we reached 32 schools from elementary to high school students participating in tours to Pop-Up Studio workshops. We offer our exclusive signature program Eyes On/Hands On and Art Within Reach to 3rd grade students. PSAM is very fortunate we receive grant funding to provide busses to the three school districts so students can participate in the Eyes On/Hands On and Art within Reach programs. In 2019 we provided 47 busses to transport students from the three school districts vs prior year we provided 43 busses. We were able to reach 1,138 third grade elementary school students through this specialized art program. Students receive art instruction and direct experience in the museum through field trips, tours, and art lessons in our classrooms with professional art educators. In FYE 2019 we reached a total of 6,252 K-12 grade students onsite vs in 2018 student engagement attendance was 6,184. Our Teen Docent program engages high school students who become educated about the museums collection and are trained to give tours to other students as part of a peer-to-peer program. The Teen Art Academy gives high school students extra-curricular opportunities to discuss art critically, think creatively, and make art alongside contemporary artists and professional educators while working collaboratively with their peers through tours of the museum. The Museums Childrens Summer Camp offers a five-day art workshop for children ages 5-12 over the summer months. Our goal is to have students emerge with self-confidence in their creative skills, and in the world that springs from their imagination. The curriculum is rooted in developmentally based lessons that encourage an in-depth engagement with the process of making art. Our goal is to reach 10,000 students annually by 2025.Adult education programming includes Lectures, Artist Dialogues, and Films. Our Mondays @ the Museum program (presented from October to May) is a great way for adults to get involved in the arts. The museum organizes Monday afternoon lecture programs with artists, curators, professors, and cultural producers on a range of topics related to the permanent collection and exhibitions. In 2019 PSAM had 3,296 patrons attend our Mondays @ the Museum program which is graciously supported by foundational support. Film Programs take place during the summer months, approximately 852 attendees participated in summer 2019. Free Thursday Nights is a weekly program in collaboration with the City of Palm Springs Public Art Commission to provide free evening access to all visitors. The Museum provides special programming which includes lectures, gallery talks and tours. During the winter months the Free Thursday nights event is a popular attraction for all visitors as it coincides with the City of Palm Springs downtown Village Fest market night event. For 2019 this program engaged 48,311 patrons at our main museum location, slightly down from attendance of 49,639 in 2018. However, our Architectural & Design satellite location had a 33% increase in attendance for Free Thursdays, 8,334 2019 vs. 5,501 in 2018. Free Second Sundays is a monthly program offering free admission and free programs to all visitors. This program is on the second Sunday of each month and offers all patrons a closer look at artworks from the permanent collection and special exhibitions. Visitors can also participate in art-making and artist demonstration activities. In 2019 we had approximately 12,936 individuals attend our Free Second Sunday program vs. 11,847 in 2018. Other special community programs include activities for Day of the Dead, as well as lectures and film screenings in collaboration with the citys Modernism Week and International Film Festival two of the areas high audience draw events.PSAM has always had very robust volunteer participation and support. The Museum Service Corps (MSC) was officially formed in 1986 to enhance the visitor experience and support museum staff. Eager, enthusiastic and engaging, MSC Volunteers encompass a broad range of skills and play an integral role in the museums operations, programs and events. The MSC roster in 2019 showed 220 ambassadors donating over 20,000 volunteer hours each year with an FTE in-kind value of $490,000.Located within in the museum, our Annenberg Theater is a professional Broadway performance theater which can seat 433 patrons in this state-of-the-art theater. We bring audiences a renowned combination of visual arts related programming and performing arts events. Each season, internationally known performers and concert artists are featured in presentations of music, dance, and theater. Programming in the theater also includes collaborations with the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the presentation of lectures, community events, and symposiums. In 2019 the theater hosted 53 shows and sold 36,995 tickets vs 2018 34,597 tickets in 2018. We have three performance categories 1) Entertainment Performances & Shows, 2) Educational Lectures & Symposiums and 3) Films. Our performances in 2019 sold 47% of the house across all three categories. Our outreach would not be possible without our social media platforms. In 2019, Palm Springs Art Museums website was visited 355,000 times by 240,000 users who made contact with the websites individual pages multiple times for a total of 917,000 access hits. An online museum store was created on the website on March 2019 and was visited 15,000 times by 12,000 users. (Note: these numbers are missing data from March 15 May 1, 2019 due to a transition to a new website.)

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