From Arts & Ideas: A record year thanks to you!

In this email

A record year!
The exciting results of our economic impact survey.

Join us for 2013
Help us keep the good work going by joining as a Member today.
.

From Our Friends in the Community

New Haven Ballet presents The Nutcracker
Dec 7, 8, 9
Shubert Theatre

New Haven Ballet performs the holiday classic with a beautiful production that includes all the costumes, scenery, and magic to bring Clara’s dream to life. Presented in the historic Shubert Theater in downtown New Haven, the company's 2012 production is performed by the students of New Haven Ballet and features principal dancers from Boston Ballet. Tickets & info

.

The Festival's record year

Thanks to friends like you, the Festival had a record year in 2012. After crunching the numbers, including our attendance records and economic impact survey, we found that the Festival achieved an attendance of 143,637 and had an economic impact for our region of $25 million— an increase of 28% over Festival 2011!

Since we’re an arts organization, we couldn’t just spit out the numbers: we created a colorful infographic summarizing facts about this year’s Festival and survey results. Click here to see the infographic!

We also got some exciting press coverage of the results:

• In the New Haven Register: “Support of the festival’s budget by the state and major sponsors — Yale University, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, First Niagara Bank, National Endowment for the Arts and AT&T — has been more than repaid in the festival’s economic boost to the city and region, as well as in artistic and intellectual enjoyment.”
  
• In the Hartford Courant: “New Haven’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas announced that its June events attracted 143,637 people, an increase of 28 percent from the 2011 festival. This year’s festival registered an economic impact of $25,114,478, also about a 28 percent increase.”

We need your support!

This exciting result could not have been achieved without your support. In order to continue producing a high-caliber Festival and provide quality programming for our community, we need your continued friendship.

As you make plans for end-of-year giving, please consider making a gift to the Festival or joining us as Member for 2013. We are putting together a varied slate of events for 2013, including a very exciting new Midsummer Night’s Dream, created by the Tony-winning team behind Broadway’s War Horse. You won’t want to miss out on early tickets, special member events, and more!

Join as a member today!