Washington Pavilion

Pavilion adds a Development Officer after an absence

l3wis January 23, 2018 0Comments

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I’m glad to see the Pavilion is finally getting a development person back on staff;

Kerri DeGraff will join the Washington Pavilion as the chief development officer Feb. 12. DeGraff most recently served as the development director for Feeding South Dakota for six years. Before that, she worked for five years with the Sioux Empire United Way as the community impact director.

I think Kerri has done a good job at FSD, I just find it interesting she is taking her talents to a different kind of non-profit model. Of course, development officers are in charge of raising private donations and other gifts. Obviously she is probably going to tap into her current list of contacts for these donations and you wonder what kind of toes may not like being stepped on. Raising money for the arts and raising money to feed the less fortunate are two different beasts. I wish her luck!

Pavilion ‘creates’ mysterious position

l3wis January 20, 2018 1Comments

The new position appears to be an assistant to Mr. Folkerts.

In the past the Pavilion has had either a curator or an assistant to the director.

It’s an Exhibitions and Collections Project Assistant.  A new title that the Pavilion has never had, and when you read the job description, you will be scratching your head (DOC: Exhibitions & Collections Project Assistant Jan18)

‘Bachelors Degree in related field’ What does that even mean? What field?

The new position, like Mr. Folkerts, doesn’t require experience or professional museum training.

It seems the Pavilion is getting away from ANY museum/science professionals. The rumor in artists circles is the Pavilion is going to get away from having a ‘real’ arts center and ‘real’ science center, and I guess when you hire cartoonist pastors to take over these positions, what do you expect?

It only took the Pavilion 13 months to make 2016 Annual Report public

l3wis January 13, 2018 0Comments

I guess better late than never. DOC: Annual Report 2016

This was one of the main reasons why I asked the council to do a better job vetting the Pavilion’s financials before renewing their 5 year contract.

Washington Pavilion’s NEW Leadership?

l3wis January 6, 2018 0Comments

Lot’s of new people and a lot of old hats are gone. I have a rough count of about 5-6 people missing that were there last year;

Senior Management Team

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President & CEO: Darrin Smith | 2494

Chief Operations Officer: John Seitz | 2343

Chief Financial Officer: Jane Hathaway | 2310

Director of Exhibits & Collections: Jason Folkerts | 2349

Director of Programming & Education: Rose Ann Hofland | 2350

Director of the Husby Performing Arts Center: Regina Ruhberg | 2344

Director of Marketing & Public Relations: Rebecca Sevening | 2367

Director of Facility Services: Scott Stratman | 2318

Director of Patron Services: Nick Suridis | 2308