Sara Beanblossom, Ma Email & Phone Number

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indiana, United States

Leveraging 20+ years of expertise in communications, advocacy, fundraising & community building, Beanblossom Consulting supports not-for-profit, arts, and education organizations to efficiently advance their sustainability, relevance, and interconnectedness. SERVICES- Communications strategy, planning and implementation- Grant writing, review and grant.

• Led overall strategy, planning, implementation and evaluation of IAN advocacy efforts at local, state and federal levels
• Developed and led communications strategy, coordinate communications across focus areas, and ensure effective implementation of communications work
• Led event management - Provided overall direction, coordination, and ongoing evaluation of operations regarding special events, including 10 annual statewide conferences
• Led development of event fundraising materials, develop and nurture ongoing relationships with current and prospective donors

• Managed all aspects (budget, curriculum, teaching artists, registration, evaluation, etc…) of:
• Central Indiana Community Arts Classes, serving 200+ participants weekly in-house
• Central Indiana Festivals, serving 600+ school children yearly in-house
• All other off site VSA central Indiana programs (Lolly, Dayspring, TherAplay, Easter Seals, etc…)
• Assist with teaching artist professional development
• Continuously seek out new community partnerships and develop new programs

• Planned, implemented, evaluated and raised funds for several arts education programs including Summer Arts for Youth, an eight site arts day camp for disadvantaged students, Inside Arts, an arts series for incarcerated.
• Primary fundraiser of $100K+ per year for program area
• Oversight of Summer Schools in the Arts evaluation project with the National Endowment for the Arts

• Assisted Vice President of Production in fundraising and development of new programs
• Edited and directed promotional video projects for local organizations

Worked on project development and grant proposals.Also researched archives for American Experience episode "Kinsey" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kinsey/

• Assisted with the planning, implementation, and evaluation of ensemble performances
• Acted as in-house producer of video, photo and print event promotions
• Creator and webmaster for the Institute website
• Maintained archive of all press, promotions and media produced by, for and about the Institute

• Provided key production support to three access channels including direction and assistance in all aspects of WCTV programming including studio and location shoots from pre through post production
• Created marketing videos for community non-profits, requiring unaided organization and implementation of full production including scripting, shooting, graphic design and final editing
• Planned and taught camera and edit workshops, trained, organized and recruited interns and volunteers

• Operation of AVID and organization of over 30 hours of footage
• Research of film festival and grant opportunities
• Utilized administrative skills to document production & post production activities
• Served as a primary assistant to the director and producer in postproduction

Summer Workshop Participant 2010 And 2018, Documentary Development And Writing, Audio Storytelling

Summer Institute Participant, Project Zero

Activities and Societies: Summer Institute ParticipantThe Project Zero Classroom (PZC) institute is designed to help educators create.

Ma, Arts Administration

Activities and Societies: IU Graduate and Professional Student Organization- Programming Committee Chair and Arts Administration.

Ba, Telecommunications

Activities and Societies: Ohio Northern University Public Information- Production Assistant Intern ONU Cable 3- Production Crew Direct.

International Student Program, Media Studies

International Student