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Mesa Arts & Culture outlines budget adjustments, ticketing and price changes to meet reduction target
Summary
Acting Arts & Culture Director Ilya Riske and staff presented operations for the Mesa Arts Center, Idea Museum and Arizona Museum of Natural History, described recent attendance trends, and proposed modest price increases and one‑time investments supported by earned revenue and fund balance to meet a citywide reduction target.
Acting Arts & Culture Director Ilya Riske and staff briefed the council on the department’s budget and program activity, including operations at the Mesa Arts Center (MAC), the IDEA Museum and the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
Riske said the department’s three institutions generated more than $35 million in economic activity across the city in the most recent available data year and that participation — the department’s main KPI — has risen at the Idea Museum and MAC while the Natural History Museum faces a smaller attendance shortfall this fiscal year…
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