It is the season of artistry and craft fairs, and the Nutcracker Market 2010 is among the largest. The four-day Nutcracker Market 2010 is hosted in the huge Reliant Center, and benefits the Houston Ballet. These days when arts' funding is difficult to find, activities such as the Nutcracker Market 2010 keep the arts in business.
What you should learn about the 2010 Nutcracker Market
The Nutcracker Market 2010 is being kept at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. In 1981, the fair was opened by former First Lady Barbara Bush. She will now open the 30th annual sale too. In the Nutcracker Market 2010, there will be a huge variety of venders to fill 325 slots. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., you are able to get into the fair on Saturday and Sunday. If you prefer to go Friday, the fair is open just a little longer form 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door or $11 if pre-purchased.
The Houston Ballet funds
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 fourth largest ballet company in the nation is the Houston Ballet company. It only has a $20 million a year budget too. Fund-raising events like the Nutcracker Market 2010, endowments and ticket sales all go to the Houston Ballet to fund it.
Are funding issues
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 economic recession has hit the arts and performing arts organizations hard. Budgets, events and performances have all had to be cut because of less donations being made. The arts organizations need to support themselves. Part of this is done mostly through fundraisers like the Nutcracker Market 2010. The Houston Ballet will only be able to get about 10 percent of its spending budget filled with the Nutcracker Market 2010 though. It will still be a challenge to fund the arts like this though.
Details 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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