Leverage College of the Arts resources and relationships to positively impact the culture and prosperity of the City of Kent, Northeast Ohio and the State.

AY 2023-24

Leveraging Resources

• Facilitate communication among arts faculty and staff across the Kent and regional campuses to identify common goals and opportunities. 
• Expand Art Without Limits to encompass all disciplines in the COTA and incorporate a recruitment aspect by engaging students from local high schools. 

Cultural Impact

• Identify current audience sectors and survey their level of engagement.
• Update website to include stories of impact and to present a cohesive narrative of the college’s research, economic impact and educational value.
• Create an inventory of existing school and community partnerships, then evaluate relationships to determine viability. Identify potential new partners. 

Building Relationships

• Identify new targets to engage across multiple COTA programs. 
• Continue stewardship with donors, sponsors, and grant funders, identify vehicles for gathering perceptions of lead donors, sponsors and grant funders.

AY 2024-25

Leveraging Resources

• Continue to increase the impact of Art Without Limits, with a goal of including at least 500 high school students. Create a spring semester all-college recruitment event as a follow up. 

Cultural Impact

• Identify several pilots to test cross system (Kent and regional campus) partnerships (e.g., summer programs for middle and high school students). 
• Participate in Ohio Arts Council legislative advocacy, meet with OAC to gather data on legislative activity in our region. 

Building Relationships

• Phase out existing school and community partnerships, as appropriate, to prioritize the support of thriving partnerships and implementing new opportunities aligned to the mission of the COTA. 
• Develop and implement survey tool to gather perceptions of lead donors, sponsors and grant funders.