Program
Residency Program a huge success—artists love it here
Workspace residency different, but offers valid experience as supported program:
http://www.ravenbotstudio.com/_goldwellResidency.html
http://artandperception.com/author/june-underwood
“Death Valley Project: The Making of the Last Supper Sculpture” accepted into Wine Country Film Festival in 2004
65 applications in first residency round, 115 in second, and 60 again, this time with no advertising beyond Alliance website
Consistently among the highest scoring applications in Nevada Arts Council Grants Program
Accepted into New York State Artist Workspace Consortium Mentorship Program in 2008…only program in the West to be selected.
Media & Web
Google Page Rank 4/10 (an indication of how important a page is among all the other pages on the web) For comparison, Ucross Foundation has a rank of 5/10, and the Exploratorium is 8/10.
115,000 website visitors in calendar year 2009 (up 30% over 2008, grows annually by 20%); approximately 2,220 per week
Receive over $15,000 annually in Google Adwords Grant support, helps match Nevada Commission on Tourism grants, provides 1.5 million impressions
Included in internationally distributed books, including Destination Art; Roadside America, Weird Nevada and more
Several television features: “Along the Way” with David Bert, still in rotation on Clark County Channel 4; “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations,”
At least one major print media story every year since 2004
Feature articles in Travel & Leisure, Via, Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Sun
We have our own Wikipedia listing