Pablo Center at the Confluence in downtown Eau Claire has announced a new three-year partnership with PESI, a nonprofit continuing education provider based in Eau Claire, aimed at making more performances affordable.
Through the partnership, PESI will support the Pablo Center's Open Doors Fund. The center will receive $600,000 in total, or $200,000 each year, over the three years.
The support is meant to ensure that cost does not keep local residents from attending Pablo Center programs and events. It will fund more free and reduced-cost events, lower ticket prices for the center's nonprofit partners, and expand its Play for All program with the Children's Museum of Eau Claire, the Chippewa Valley Museum and Beaver Creek Reserve.
Pablo Center Executive Director Monica Frederick said in a Nov. 12 release that watching someone experience the arts for the first time brings excitement, curiosity and joy, and that the partnership will bring more of those moments to more people.
PESI Executive Director Michael Olson said the arts are one of the strongest ways a community comes together, and that connection matters to people's wellbeing. The Pablo Center is located at 128 Graham Ave. in Eau Claire.
