Creative Consulting Services

Andrea (Olin-Gomes) Kaiser - President
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"Based on the documents we recieved from each of the groups, the leadership of CCS allowed them to meet the goals of the program, prepare mission and vision statements, develop their resources and complete a strategic plan.

These tools are critical to the success of an organization, and the participants are now strongly equipped to face their futures..."

- North American Folk Alliance

Community Cultural Planning

Northwest New Jersey Cultural Planning Project
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan

Arts & Business Alliance, Dover, Delaware

Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan

Schauer Arts & Activities Center, Hartford, WI
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan
New Facility Plan & Facilitation * Capital Campaign Planning

The Music Center Project, Battle Creek, MI
Cultural Assessment * Organizational Plan

Sussex Arts Council, Georgetown, DE
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment

New Audiences for Plainfield, NJ
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan

City of Madison, IN
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment

South Arts, Carnegie, PA
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment

Grand Forks Arts & Humanities Association, ND
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment

Crystal Lake Civic Center Authority, IL
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan
Facility Development * Capital Campaign Planning

Lynn Cultural Council, MA
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan
Arts Council Development * Presenting * Facility Planning

Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation, PA
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan
Facility Planning * Capital Campaign Planning * Arts Education Program Development

Newark Arts Alliance, DE
Cultural Inventory * Cultural Assessment * Cultural Plan

Whitinsville Recreation Center, MA
Feasibility Study to Build an Amphitheater


Organizational Strategic Planning (Including Resource Development)

Battle Creek Symphony, MI

Valley Community School of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Madame Walker Theatre, Indianapolis, IN

Memphis Black Arts Alliance, TN

Guy F. Harrison Academy, Oklahoma City, OK

State Theatre Center for the Arts, Uniontown, PA

Touchstone Center for Crafts, Uniontown, PA

Culture Connection, Beverly, MA

North Dakota Museum of Arts, Grand Forks, ND

City Music Center, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Groton Center for the Arts, Groton, MA

Arts Extension Service, Amherst, MA

Greater Uniontown Chorale, Uniontown, PA

Greensburg Area Cultural Council, Greensburg, PA

McHenry County Youth Orchestra and Community School of the Arts, IL

Ann Arbor Community Music School, MI

LynnArts, Inc., Lynn, MA

Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA

Richland Academy of Fine Arts, Mansfield, OH

Northern Illinois University, IL

League of New England Storytelling, MA

Wausau Conservatory, WI

Performing Arts School of Worcester, MA

Greater Manchester Center for Art & Music

American Ballet Competition, Philadelphia, PA

YWCAs North of Boston, MA


Cultural Facility Planning

Whitinsville Recreation Center, MA

Schauer Arts & Activities Center, WI

Crystal Lake Civic Center Authority, IL

New Audiences for Plainfield, NJ

City of Madison, IN

Arts & Business Alliance, Dover Delaware

Madame Walker Theatre

The Music Center Project, Battle Creek, MI

Northern Illinois University, IL

State Theater Center for the Arts, PA

Enchanted Hills Playhouse, IN

Northwest New Jersey Cultural Planning Project


Arts Education/Arts-in-Education

Indianapolis Ballet Theater, IN

Culture Connection Beverly, MA

Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Association, MA

Roxbury Tenants of Harvard, Boston, MA

Bird Street Community Center, Dorchester, MA

Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation, PA

General Electric Company, Erie, PA

Artworks, Brownsville, PA

Artworks, Crystal Lake, IL

Artworks, Oklahoma City, OK

Artworks, Groton, MA

Artworks, Beverly, MA

Artworks, Boston, MA

Artworks, Amelia Island, FL

Artworks, Pittsfield, MA

Pittsfield Community Music School, MA

North Shore Music Theater, Beverly, MA

McHenry County Community School of the Arts, IL

Wausau Conservatory, WI

Roosevelt Island Residents' Association, NYC

Artworks, NYC

Sweetwater Arts Center, Sewickley, PA

Brownsville Area School District, PA

Artworks, Indianapolis, IN


Board Development

Battle Creek Symphony, MI

Ann Arbor Community School of the Arts, MI

League of New England Storytelling

Connecticut Storytelling Center, CT

Woody Guthrie Foundation, NYC

Vanaver Caravan, NY

State Theatre Center for the Arts, PA

North Dakota Museum of Arts, Grand Forks

Culture Connection, Beverly, MA

First Night Dayton

Crystal Lake Civic Center Authority, IL

Schauer Arts & Activities Center, WI

Children's Performing Arts Academy, Marblehead, MA

Greater Manchester Center for Art & Music, NH

Memphis Black Arts Alliance

Indianapolis Performing Arts Academy, IN

Enchanted Hills Playhouse, Syracuse, IN

Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, IN

Oklahoma Youth Orchestra, OK

Richland Academy of Fine Arts, Mansfield, OH

LynnArts, Inc., MA


Out-of-School Time Program Support

Groton Center for the Arts

McHenry County Youth Orchestra

Culture Connection

Artworks School

Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation

Brownsville Area School District

Roxbury Tenants of Harvard

Bird Street Community Center

LynnArts, Inc.

Schauer Arts 7 Activities Center

Creative Music Theatre for Children, Boston & New York

Metrocorps, Inc., Arlington, MA

Guy Fraser Harrison Academy of the Arts, OK

Madame Walker Center, IN


Presenter/Individual Artist Services

Groton Center for the Arts

Culture Connection

Brownsville Area School District

North Shore Community Arts Center, LI, NY

Lynn City Symphony, MA

Chicago City Limits, NYC

Rebecca Kelly Dance, NYC

Dance Alloy, Pittsburgh, PA

Touchstone Theatre, Bethlehem, PA

Cape Cod Lyric Opera, Orleans, MA

Metrocorps, Inc., MA

Flor de Cana, Cambridge, MA

Northern Illinois University, IL

Vanaver Caravan, Rosedale, NY

Godfrey Daniels, PA

State Theater Center for the Arts, PA

Rennaisance Theatre, Mansfield, OH


SAMPLE WORKSHOPS

Board Development

Resource Development Planning

Special Event Planning

Audience Development

Institutional Advancement

Capital Campaign Planning

Assessing your Audience's Needs

How to effectively use Focus Groups

How to conduct community cultural planning

Grant Writing

Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers

Conflict Resolution

Board vs. Staff Relationship Building


OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY CCS

Panelist for state arts councils (MA, NY, PA, NJ, IN)

Panelist for dance/theater/music (PA, LA, MA, NY, MN, IN)

Creating guidelines and applications for competitive grants
(Massachusetts Cultural Council, Indiana Arts Commission, New York State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation)

AMICI Institute
Served as director of this nationally recognized 13-day training program for the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts

Speaker at Regional and National Conferences and Conventions
(Arts Midwest, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, National Guild Conference, National Conference, Workshop Leader at North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance


AWARDS & RECOGNITION FOR ANDREA KAISER

Two-term trustee, National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts (2003 Recipient of President's Award)

Two-term trustee, Community Music Center of Boston (Recipient of Director's Award)

Current Trustee, Community Music Center of Boston

Founding Board Member and Current Chair of Program Committee, Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (national)

Chair, Wellesley Cultural Council

Secretary, Rotary Club of Wellesley (2004 Rotarian of the Year)

Frank Farnum Award for Outstanding Community Service



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