Just a few more days in the Nutcracker Market 2010

Art and craft fair time of year has most definitely begun. The Nutcracker Market 2010 has officially opened in Houston. A profit that facilitates the Houston Ballet, the Nutcracker Market 2010 is a 3-day event at the Reliant Center. The artistry are having a tough time getting funding in the recession. The Nutcracker Market 2010 helps the artistry finance themselves.

Nutcracker Market 2010 basics

The Nutcracker Market 2010 is being kept at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. Previous first lady Barbara Bush will be opening the 30th annual sale, as the 1981 fair was opened by her too. 325 venders can be present showing all different styles of things. This can be what the Nutcracker Market 2010 looks like. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., you are able to get into the fair on Saturday and Sun. 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.

Funding the Houston Ballet

You will find supposed to be many who show up to the Nutcracker Market 2010. In fact, 85,000 shoppers are expected. The Nutcracker Market sold about $14 million in merchandise last year. This led to about $2.5 million attending the Houston Ballet. There is a $20 million a year budget for the Houston Ballet while it is, in the whole nation, the fourth largest ballet company. The Houston Ballet gets all the money to perform from endowments and ticket sales. Also, find-raising events like the Nutcracker Market 2010 are used.

What the issue is with funding the arts

It is always hard to be a nonprofit art organization like the Houston Ballet. There is a really limited audience with performing arts organizations. This means they can be hard to fund occasionally and have high fixed costs. 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. Events like the Nutcracker Market 2010 represent an essential development — large fundraising efforts that help arts organizations support themselves. However, the Nutcracker Market 2010 will likely provide only about 10 percent of the Houston Ballet’s budget. This means that arts funding, like all other nonprofit funding, will continue to face a challenge.

Details from

Giarts

giarts.org/sites/default/files/capitalization-project_2010-summary.pdf

Houston Ballet

houstonballet.org/Nutcracker_Market/Nutcracker_Market_Overview/