Tacoma Art Museum Artist Resource Center: TAM ARC: Last Year in Review

Hello ARC Volunteers-

Below is the breakdown of attendance for last fiscal year, for those that enjoy keeping track. Our attendance compared to last year is up 1%. That is actually fantastic and shows a steady growth up from the 8% average we had even a couple of years ago.

Last year I came to you with a proposal to have a story time in the ARC and several of you responded with interest but the plan did not come to fruition. However, now we really are moving forward with the plan to offer story time in the ARC on 1^st Wednesdays of the month from 11 am – about 20 minutes later. I am wondering if any of you would be willing to “sign up” for September, October, or November? You will be asked to read children’s stories out loud to families. You even get to pick the books. Ideally, we will read different stories every month and we will try to choose books that correspond to current exhibitions. This will probably take a couple of months to take off but it could result in even better attendance numbers and more interaction with the ARC.

Art Resource Center Monthly Attendance Numbers
Month	ARC	Museum	Percentage
July	553	4944	11%
August	549	3924	14%
September	319	3089	10%
October	655	4030	16%
November	585	7010	8%
December	404	2920	14%
January	651	4023	16%
February	551	4113	13%
March	421	4509	9%
April	471	4449	11%
May	465	5427	9%
June	449	6204	7%
Total	6073	54642	11%