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Wisconsin Arts Board committee previews district one‑pagers, welcomes new public relations specialist
Summary
The Wisconsin Arts Board External Relations Committee welcomed Vivian Timchenko as a new public relations and logistics specialist and reviewed near‑final statewide and district one‑page data summaries intended for public and legislative distribution.
The Wisconsin Arts Board External Relations Committee on a recent meeting welcomed Vivian Timchenko as the agency’s new public relations and logistics specialist and reviewed near‑final “one‑pager” data summaries for the statewide and district reports.
Timchenko, the board’s newest staff member, told the committee: "My name is Vivian Timchenko. I am the newest member on the Wisconsin arts board team. And aside from, bringing technical difficulties sometimes, I also bring, really versatile background that I'm really excited to kind of utilize within my role." Committee members said Timchenko will help present a clearer, more timely narrative about arts activity across the state.
Why it matters: the one‑page reports are intended as concise, shareable summaries that committee members, legislators and local arts groups can use to describe arts activity at the state and district level. The committee discussed how to present mixed‑year data so readers are not confused about which statistics come from different sources.
Committee members described the materials as visually striking and near ready. One member noted a data discrepancy on the materials: "So the information we have now is from '22. Is is that correct? I mean, that's what it says on the sheet." Staff and members confirmed the economic‑impact statistics came from Arts & Economic Prosperity edition 6 (AEP6, which reports 2022 economic‑impact figures), while other line items use 2024 figures, and they agreed the one‑pager needs clearer labeling to explain that.
On publishing and access, staff said the one‑pagers are available via a public Canva link for review and that the plan is to post district and statewide pages on the Wisconsin Arts Board website so committee members and the public can retrieve them by district, assembly, senate or statewide pages.
The committee also discussed future data visualization work. Members referenced a national conference their staff attended in 2024 as an inspiration for moving toward more timely, visual displays of arts data; they asked staff to follow up with presenters from that conference.
Committee next steps include a final review of copy and attribution, clarifying small‑print labeling where AEP6 and BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis) figures are both used, and publishing the materials on the agency website for district‑level access. Members also suggested producing printable district folders for the agency’s marketplace and roundtable events at upcoming conferences.
The committee said the one‑pagers will be distributed at upcoming events and made available online, and they asked Timchenko and other staff to finalize language and layout for a final committee review before broad dissemination.
Ending: Staff will incorporate the committee’s labeling and access suggestions, make small edits to wording and layout, and post the finalized one‑pagers on the Wisconsin Arts Board website. The committee will reconvene and review distribution logistics at its next meeting.
