In the Arts: Fund-Raising Push Keeps Seattle Theater Open

Seattle’s Intiman Theater announced Thursday that it will remain open after garnering $450,000 in an emergency fund-raising campaign, The New York Times says.

The organization had said in February that it needed to raise $500,000 by the end of March to avert a cash crunch, but Kim Anderson, president of the board, called the $450,000 haul, which included raising $250,000 in a single week, “a clear signal that encourages us to keep moving forward.”

The remaining $50,000 will be added to the Intiman’s next target, which had been to raise another $500,000 by September. The theater opened its 2011 season last week.

In other arts news, British culture organizations welcome the government’s efforts to galvanize arts philanthropy but almost half believe it will take 10 to 20 years to bear significant fruit, according to a new survey reported by The Stage.

The study by the think tank Arts Quarter found cultural groups “resigned” to the need to embrace private support in a climate of sweeping cuts in government spending and that arts organizations, particular smaller ones, see building up development operations as a top priority.