Performing/Visual Arts & Conference Center

Performing Arts--Why????:

• Would encourage interest in community civic theater/resumption of local troupe
  
  
• Would serve as location for

  Community Concerts
  Orofino Regional Council on the Arts performances
  Orofino High school and junior high school productions

• Provide for rehearsal/class space for dance classes, ensemble groups, bands, orchestras, solo performers, et c.
  
  
• Could attract tourists and day travelers to attend local events/performances/festivals, et c. similar to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival, the theaters in Big Fork, Montana, the performances in Branson Missouri, and to a smaller extent, the types of music/arts festivals held in other communities such as Seattle (Bumbershoot) and Sandpoint (Summer under the Stars)
  
  
• Would encourage film festivals or film fundraisers with inclusion of pull down screen
  
• Could possibly be used for broadcast of 'away' games & events with purchase of satellite truck and 'in-house' projection capabilities
  
  
• Closest theater/performing/visual arts centers are in Lewiston/Kooskia
  
  
• The only locally available stages in Orofino are woefully inadequate

  • none have stadium seating which staggers chairs and slopes floors for an unobstructed view
  • none have good acoustics which amplifies and enriches sound
  • none have an adequate lighting system which enhances production
  • none are large enough to acommodate a dance company or orchestra

Visual Arts--Why????:

• Revolving display areas for different local and regional artists would encourage appreciation of and interest in the visual arts including painting, sculpting, lithography, pottery, qulting, et c.
  
  
• Specially designed classrooms with sinks to accommodate storage, sewing machines and a permanent array of arts/crafts supplies and equipment available for community classes or for use by boy/girl scouts, Clearwater Quilters, Clearwater Art Association and other groups
  
  
• Attract Elderhostel® and other tour groups for art classes joined with art displays, area tours, performing arts, et c. Make Orofino a named destination spot for artistic endeavors

Conference Center--Why????:

• Serve as a site for conferences, seminars, lectures, using stage and theatre to accommodate large groups
  
  
• Classrooms for technology or youth center could be used as 'break out' rooms for smaller meetings
  
  
• Serve as site for video classes (currently offered by LCSC and others) so college and high school classes could be received from other locations and broadcast in theater
  
  
• Include video conferencing capabilities with inclusion of video equipment which can be obtained through a variety of grant opportunities (Cottonwood). Businesses could video conference with satellite locations or home offices; staff could take inservice training
  
  
• Serve as site for lecturers & special programs
  
  
• Currently Orofino does not have capabilities to host area/local/regional conferences. Theater could provide space for large meetings with stage podium, sound system, pull down screen for overheads or power point presentations.

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