• Saved Middle School Arts education: We fought to reverse the school board's decision to make MS arts ed optional. We won in January 2018!
  • Saved Classical 89
  • Became the new managers of nowplayingutah.com
  • Successfully lobbied for almost $9 million in new investments in Utah's nonprofit and for-profit cultural sector during the 2018 legislation session.
  • Lobbied UT's federal delegation to support funding for NEA, NEH, CPB, and IMLS. (increases for Fiscal Year 19!)
  • Utah is now home to over 40 RAP-type taxes and 8 public art programs.
  • Because we finished our 2015 strategic plan three years early, our staff spend 6 weeks and met with 75 members to gain feedback in our NEW strategic plan! Launched the plan in October. This includes renaming the 501c4 as Utah Cultural Alliance and the 501c3 as Utahns for Culture.
  • Continued to build our Cultural Asset Map and Events Calendar.
  • Worked with the legislature to add a statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon to represent UT in DC's statuary hall.
  • Worked to lesson regulations impacting the cultural sector through bills at the legislature.
  • Added a number of cultural items to the list of state designations including the Spiral Jetty, Native American Rock Art, and the Utahraptor.
  • Hosted professional development trainings around the state.
  • Launched a mentorship program.
  • Impacted elections: Candidate recruitment. graded legislators, and surveyed 300+ municipal and general election candidates between 2017 and 2018 cycles
  • 100% of the state senate and 94% of the state house belong to our Cultural Caucus.
  • Newsletter 10,000; social media followers 6,000; website traffic 10K monthly
  • Became the new managers of nowplayingutah.com  
  • Executive Director became full-time!