One of the biggest craft fairs in Houston, the Nutcracker Market 2010 has officially opened. The four-day Nutcracker Market 2010 is hosted at the huge Reliant Center, and benefits the Houston Ballet. Artistry often have a tough time financing themselves. events such as the Nutcracker Market 2010 help the arts maintain themselves, even in a recession. Article source – Nutcracker Market 2010 – 325 vendors to fund the arts by Personal Money Store.
Nutcracker Market 2010 basics
The Relian Center in Houston, Texas will be where the Nutcracker Market 2010 can be. The 30th annual sale had been opened by former First Lady Barbara Bush, who also opened the fair in 1981. There are 325 vendors at the Nutcracker Market 2010, covering a range from high-class to shabby chic. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., you can get into the fair on Saturday and Sun. If you prefer to go Friday, the fair is open a little longer form 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. You are able to get tickets at the door for $12. If you pre-purchase them they are only $11.
Money for the Houston Ballet
More than 85,000 shoppers are expected to show up the Nutcracker Market 2010. This past year, the Nutcracker Market sold almost $14 million worth of merchandise and raised about $2.5 million to support the Houston Ballet and its assorted related organizations. The Houston Ballet operates with a spending budget of about $20 million per year and is the fourth largest ballet company in the nation. The Houston Ballet gets all the money to perform from endowments and ticket sales. Also, find-raising events like the Nutcracker Market 2010 are used.
What the issue is with funding the arts
It is always hard to be a nonprofit art organization like the Houston Ballet. In general, performing arts organizations have a high fixed cost and limited audience, meaning that they’re difficult to fund at times. The recession has hit the arts and performing arts organizations hard. Budgets, events and performances have all had to be cut as a result of less donations being made. Arts organizations have to have events like the Nutcracker Market 2010 in order to keep supporting themselves in the program. However, the Nutcracker Market 2010 will likely provide only about 10 percent of the Houston Ballet’s spending budget. This means that arts funding, like all other nonprofit funding, will continue to face a challenge.
Info from
Giarts
giarts.org/sites/default/files/capitalization-project_2010-summary.pdf
Houston Ballet
houstonballet.org/Nutcracker_Market/Nutcracker_Market_Overview/
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