Growing Arts Centre in Canada
“The bottom line is making a difference — making a legacy, creating an impact. Influence is not static. It has to be a call to action and creating and creativity is what the Banff Centre is all about and it’s kind of what life has been all about as well.” are the words of Mary E. Hofstetter, president of the Canadian Banff Arts Centre.
It is often movers and shakers and at least those with insider know how and drive that can get the ball rollling, have it pick up speed and with it lots of funds to keep things moving along smoothly. It should come as no surprise that Mary Hofstetter comes from a teaching background, where she has taught in everything from universities to primary teaching jobs. It takes a lot of drive and crativity to have the belief to make changes and then to actually follow up on making those changes.
In order to succeed one needs to be armed with lots of informations and be able to build relationships with those that have the financial power to keep projects running as well as those that have an improtant part to play such as members of the facility, workers and artists.
It is a precarious balancing act that not many have the vision, experitse and teambuilding skills to see projects through. Project management takes careful planning and researched strategies need to be put in place in order to reach an organizations aims.
Today due in major part to the efforts of Mary Hofstetter the Banff Centre is a major thriving arts centre in Canada and continues to grow and benefit the surrounding community.
This success could be due to Mary’s ethos or as she puts it “The bottom line is making a difference — making a legacy, creating an impact. Influence is not static. It has to be a call to action and creating and creativity is what the Banff Centre is all about and it’s kind of what life has been all about as well.”
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