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9/27/11 - Do good, go green!
ON Media Publications and Marshall’s Jewelers present the launch party for the third annual, Golden Encore, a fundraiser for Tucson Symphony Orchestra. The event kick-starts an innovative recycling program that offers the opportunity to do good, go green by giving gold. Arts and music patrons and Tucson community supporters can conveniently donate unwanted, outdated or broken gold and platinum jewelry while contributing to the future of the state’s oldest continuously performing arts organization. Tucson Symphony Orchestra receives 100% of the current market value of the precious metals donated. Learn more about this program here: Golden Encore
People enjoying wine and appetizers at the Golden Encore Launch Party.
Mac Perlich, George Hanson and Rita Marshall at the Golden Encore Launch Party.
9/15/2011 - ON Media launches Non-Profit Foundation to engage youth with arts and culture.
ON Media is the founding partner of Act One, a non-profit that aims to provide under-served children of Arizona, the opportunity to experience arts education. The full press release is below:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Colin Columna - Director
602.283.3986 ext. 9
ON Media Launches Act One Foundation to Engage Phoenix Youth with Arts and Culture
Innovative Non-Profit Organization to Provide School-Age Children with Equal Access to Arts Education
ON Media Publications, publishers of programs for the state’s leading performing arts and venue organizations, today announced the launch of Act One, an education foundation dedicated to providing underserved school-age children with equal access to arts education. The foundation’s objectives are supported by the policy recommendations of the 2009 state-sponsored arts education study, The Arizona Arts Education Census. Additional evidence for the positive contribution of multi-year arts instruction and experiences in student engagement and scholastic achievement is reported in the 2002 U.S. Department of Education and National Endowment for the Arts study, Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic Social Development.
The foundation seeks to aid Phoenix public school children unable to attend or take part in arts activities by virtue of age, distance, accessibility or economy. In an effort to overcome these limitations, the foundation makes available necessary funds and resources to Title 1 schools to engage these student populations with performing and visual arts learning opportunities. Title 1 is a federally funded program which assists schools in meeting the educational needs of at-risk and low income students. Schools with at least 40% of the student population enrolled in free and reduced lunch programs qualify for Title 1 funding. Approximately 60% of Arizona public schools are designated as Title 1.
Robert C. Booker, Executive Director of Arizona Commission on the Arts, explains the Education Census highlights the challenge Arizona schools face in providing quality arts instruction, “On one hand, we know that there are opportunities for students across the state to access arts education programs, but at the same time limited or no funding exists to support these programs. Some of our Arizona children are attending schools where they receive limited arts education and in some cases they receive none at all. One fact is very clear: the arts make a difference. Children receiving art instruction as part of their education have greater success in reading, mathematics, thinking and social skills, and are more likely to stay in school.”
As owners of ON Media, Russ and Linda “Mac” Perlich strongly believe in the importance and value of a sustainable arts and cultural community. “As parents of three daughters and through our affiliation with Ballet Arizona, Arizona Opera, Desert Botanical Garden, Herberger Center, Heard Museum and Teach For America, Russ and I have first-hand knowledge of the positive impact of experiential arts learning on school-age children” states On Media President and Publisher, Linda “Mac” Perlich. “We believe arts education is integral to preparing students to take their place in the world. Act One is our way of helping them make that debut.”
Act One sponsorships provide the resources for students to engage in experiential and multi-dimensional arts learning. Funding underwrites student admission to theatre and music performances and venue entrance fees and offset school bus transportation costs related to the off-campus field trip. Resources provide for the distribution of pre- and post arts enrichment lesson plans and activities with materials circulated to teachers to implement in classroom prior to the performance. The lesson plans follow the principles of the Arizona Arts Standards and serve as the curriculum for each arts learning experience.
Eleven Phoenix performing arts events are currently scheduled for the 2011-2012 school year. Participating arts organizations include: Arizona Opera, Arizona Theatre Company, Ballet Arizona, Childsplay, Phoenix Theatre and Valley Youth Theatre. With Act One sponsored attendance at each event estimated at 200-700 students, year one will realize participation from nearly 6,000 students in grades pre-K to 12.
Future Act One Foundation sponsorships will expand beyond Metro Phoenix school districts to include neighboring counties and the city of Tucson. “Our goal is for Act One to provide statewide support to a diverse and thriving student population” said Perlich.
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Arts play a leading role in the community and the classroom
ON Media is the publisher of the program books for Arizona’s leading theaters, symphonies, dance companies and performing arts venues. ON Media publications play an essential supporting role in the state’s arts and cultural community. Each book provides engaging and lively backstage insightful into the artists, musicians and directors who create magic onstage. For over 30 years, ON Media has produced a high quality archive of the state’s artistic achievements
Act One is the non-profit foundation of ON Media Publications. Founded in 2011 to provide Arizona schoolchildren, ages pre-K to 12, with equal access to the visual and performing arts to inspire, engage and increase academic achievement. Arts learning creates an appreciation and understanding of the arts which are integral in the development of critical thinking, effective problem solving and social skills.
9/1/2011 – ON Media partners with the Desert Botanical Garden.
ON Media has added the Desert Botanical Garden to its visual arts portfolio and will now publish the official Visitor Guide for the Garden. Similar to the Museum Guide that ON Media publishes for the Heard Museum, the guide will contain original content and essential information that is needed to navigate around the Garden. The high quality content and production of the guide will make it a natural souvenir, establishing a high take-home factor. Founded in 1939, the Garden is a living museum featuring more than 50,000 plants and allows the 600,000 visitors the chance to experience the beauty of the Sonoran Desert.
1/14/2011 - ON Media featured in the Phoenix Business Journal.
ON Media was featured in Phoenix Business Journal. The full article is below.
ON Media, a longtime publisher of programs and playbills for Scottsdale and Phoenix theaters and symphonies, is extending its reach to include museums and some West Valley venues.
The Phoenix-based company produces programs for 23 Arizona performing arts groups at no charge. It makes money by selling advertising in those programs to about 200 local clients, said ON Media President Linda Perlich.
As part of an effort to enhance its publishing and advertising business model, the company recently started producing a quarterly program for the Heard Museum in Phoenix.
“The Heard is our first museum,” said Perlich. “We want to expand into the visual arts.”
Heard spokeswoman Debra Krol said the museum used to print bare-bones programs for visitors on its own. She said the ON Media programs the museum just received include more editorial content, as well as ads. The Heard’s self-produced materials did not contain advertisements.
“We are really excited about this,” said Krol, who sees the new programs as souvenirs for Heard patrons.
Perlich said ON Media also is also looking to expand into the West Valley and already has signed the Arizona Broadway Theatre as a client.
The company has six employees, including one advertising representative in Tucson to serve clients.
For the past four years, ON Media also has published some programs for the PGA Tour’s three World Golf Championships tournaments, including the Accenture Matchplay Championship in Tucson.
Other ON Media clients include the Scottsdale Center for ...
Other ON Media clients include The Phoenix Symphony, Ballet Arizona and the Herberger Theater Center.
Jathan Segur, senior vice president for public relations at National Bank of Arizona, said the bank has advertised in ON Media programs for about four years.
Perlich said Phoenix performing arts fans tend to be college-educated and culturally engaged, with a median age of about 48.
Segur said ON Media’s advertising framework takes a “layered approach.” He said the company worked with National Bank, for example, to host a private reception with the Phoenix Symphony and its conductor for certain bank clients and prospects.
1/1/2011 – ON Media publishes the Heard Museum Visitor Guide.
ON Media is proud to partner with the Heard Museum and publish the exclusive Museum Guide. The quarterly guide will contain original content and essential information for the visitor, serving as an invaluable and indispensable compass to the Museum. Over 200,000 visitors annually visit the Heard Museum, which is internationally recognized to be one of the finest destinations for learning about Indian arts and cultures.
10/9/2010 - ON Media Publisher featured in Front Doors!
Linda "Mac" Perlich, On Media's publisher, was recently featured in Front Doors. She spoke passionately about the importance of the Arts in the community and ON Media's role in enhancing the theaterical experience for the arts patrons. Download the article here: Front Doors
10/1/2009 - ON Media launches Golden Encore.
Golden Encore was an innovative program that allowed arts patrons to support the arts in a unique way, through donations of unused gold and platinum jewelry. The program was forged through a partnership between ON Media and Schmitt Jewelers, a long standing local jeweler in Phoenix. The donated jewelry was turned into Schmitt Jewelers, who then assessed the weight and value, and donated 100% of the proceeds to the benefitting arts groups, Arizona Theatre Company and Ballet Arizona. Through this simple program, patrons could clean out their old jewelry, recycle precious metals, and more importantly benefit two of the Valley’s most prestigious arts groups. In its inaugural year, Golden Encore generated over $15,000! Please click on the link here: Golden Encore to see all the press coverage of this great event.