Art and craft fair season has most certainly started. The Nutcracker Market 2010 has officially opened in Houston. A sale that facilitates the Houston Ballet, the Nutcracker Market 2010 is a 3-day event in the Reliant Center. In a time when arts' funding is difficult to come by, events such as the Nutcracker Market 2010 keep the artistry in business.
Info on the Nutcracker Market 2010
There is one place you are able to go for the Nutcracker Market 2010. The Reliant Center in Houston, Texas can be where you can go. The 30th annual sale had been opened by former First Lady Barbara Bush, who also opened the fair in 1981. In the Nutcracker Market 2010, there could 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
More than 85,000 shoppers are expected to show up the Nutcracker Market 2010. The Nutcracker Market sold about $14 million in merchandise last year. This led to about $2.5 million attending the Houston Ballet. The fourth largest ballet company within the nation is the Houston Ballet company. It only has a $20 million a year spending budget too. The money to fund the Houston Ballet comes from ticket sales, endowments and fund-raising events like the Nutcracker Market 2010.
It could be difficult to fund arts
The Houston Ballet is one of the nonprofit arts organizations that have a hard time. It is a difficult situation to be in. There is a really limited audience with performing arts organizations. This means they could be hard to fund from time to time and have high fixed costs. With the economic recession, fewer people are donating to or making use of arts and performing arts organizations, and across the nation they’re being forced to cut events, budgets and performances. The arts organizations have to support themselves. Part of this is done mostly via fundraisers like the Nutcracker Market 2010. The Nutcracker Market 2010 might not be enough for the Houston Ballet though. Only 10 percent of the spending budget is filled with it. This means that arts funding, like all other nonprofit funding, wil! l continue to face a challenge.
Citations
Giarts
giarts.org/sites/default/files/capitalization-project_2010-summary.pdf
Houston Ballet
houstonballet.org/Nutcracker_Market/Nutcracker_Market_Overview/
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