717 Arts

Short term goals:

• Harrisburg Fringe Festival: goal, summer ‘23, envisioned as a large-scale Harrisburg-based celebration of our arts community in partnership with local artists, government, and businesses

• Prioritize engaging with partners from historically marginalized communities and/or artists working at the experimental fringes of their medium

• Build good faith partnerships with the community and prove ourselves to be committed, thoughtful partners

• Create digital space that serves to help unify and boost the community

• Broker existing space within the community to create connection and opportunity in mutually beneficial partnerships with artists, businesses, and organizations

• Creatively reinvent space for artistic, educational, or community-building purposes

• Build a coalition of allied volunteers who can assist the community in its work

• Approach all partnerships with a non-competitive “joiner” spirit, a willingness to listen and learn, and a “How can we help?” spirit, looking for pragmatic, sustainable ways to provide actionable allyship and support

Long term goal:

• One day we hope to build a business that can sustainably operate a dynamic, modern venue/flex space on behalf of showcasing our arts partners and community and living our mission more fully

Programming

• HARRISBURG FRINGE FESTIVAL: officially debuting in the summer of 2023, with events and fundraisers beginning in 2022, including the splash debut 24 Hour “Fringe in a Day” August 12-13

• FREE IMPROV sessions with artist-musician Tara Toms (era.lex)

• HELP! (Hey Everybody, Let’s Play) theme-based theatrical comedy improv workshops with comedian-actor-improvisor Liz Curtis.

• “NEW VOICES” workshops & production programming, supporting educational community outreach work & arts production work for young artists with local ties who represent the communities we serve