Jun. 3—A pandemic couldn't slow the St. Joseph Sculpture Walk down. Now that COVID-19 numbers are low, the annual event is bigger than it's ever been. For its eighth year, the walk will expand its map as it welcomes 21 new sculptures to be taken in by the public all year long. "We've expanded our reach. We're going clear up to the American Electric Lofts," Teresa Fankhauser, executive director .
Joseph art organizations.
surpass the $235,000 raised last year, even during the coronavirus pandemic.
Allied Arts Council Executive Director Teresa Fankhauser says
the arts drive is important to keep the arts affordable.
“We want to make sure that the arts are available to everyone,
that the arts aren’t elitist,” Fankhauser says during a visit on the KFEQ
Hotline.
organizations, such as the St. Joseph Symphony, to keep ticket prices low. She
adds all of the groups supported through the fund drive work hard to provide a
range of ticket prices so any St. Joseph resident can attend.
The fund-raising goal this year is set at $240,000.
Allied Arts Fund drive hopes to follow up success of last year myqcountry.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from myqcountry.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.