Impact

gallupARTS is very proud to present its Annual Report, illustrating select 2018 accomplishments “By the Numbers.” In 2018, gallupARTS served 26,000 McKinley County residents and 1,500 professional and student artists through 13 different programs. 

Additional 2018 highlights include:

• 100% increase in local government funding

• Significantly increased arts advocacy and action at the state and national levels:

  • Selected to participate in the 2018 National Association of Counties Creative Placemaking Challenge in Des Moines, IA

  •  Presented at the 2018 Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit in Denver, CO

  • Profiled in the August 2018 issue of New Mexico Magazine

  • Best in Show Night event nominated for a “Best New Experience” Top HAT award by the New Mexico Hospitality Association

  • Presented on the importance of the arts to community revitalization to 3 NM Legislative Committees: Senate Finance Committee, Legislative Finance Committee and Economic & Rural Development Committee

  • Presented Gallup’s New Deal art project as a model for leveraging public art at the 2018 New Mexico Association of Museums Annual Conference

gallupARTS is very proud to present its Annual Report, illustrating select 2019 accomplishments “By the Numbers.” In 2019, gallupARTS served 20,000+ McKinley County artists residents through 14 different programs. 

Overcoming the many challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, gallupARTS served 550+ artists and 17,000 community members in 2020 by successfully transitioning 12 programs to virtual and remote formats.

Despite the persistent challenges of COVID, gallupARTS regained its pre-COVID standard of serving 20,000 community members through a dozen programs this year. 

Click to read the 2022 e-book “By the Numbers” report: