Seven-year agreement will support arts & educational programming
The Center for the Performing Arts and financial services provider Allied Solutions have entered a seven-year sponsorship agreement that will rename the nonprofit arts organization and the three-venue campus it operates at Carmel City Center.
For the newly dubbed Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, the partnership reinforces financial stability and provides a greater pool of resources to sustain and expand programming, President/CEO Jeffrey C. McDermott said. Opened in 2011, Allied Solutions Center is best known for the annual Center Presents concert season, which features national and international artists in a range of genres, as well as a broad menu of educational and experiential opportunities for people of all ages.
“Allied Solutions has supported the center from the very beginning, and that relationship has provided great value on all sides,” McDermott said. “We couldn’t be more pleased that such a highly respected national company, headquartered right here in our community, sees the value of taking our partnership to a new level that will prove transformative for the center in the years to come.”
Carmel-based Allied Solutions, which has sponsored the Center Presents season since 2015, fits the arts organization’s stated goal of securing not just a financial investor, McDermott said, but a true partner with shared values and a mutual commitment to enhancing quality of life in central Indiana. Allied Solutions has strong community partnerships and continues to make investments in the communities where its employees live and work.
“We’re invested in creating vibrant communities for our employees, residents and visitors,” Allied Solutions CEO Pete Hilger said. “Through this partnership, we are supporting some of the most dynamic arts and performance venues in the region and a campus which also serves as a community hub, hosting award-winning cultural events, including Carmel’s Christkindlmarkt.”
McDermott said the support from Allied Solutions will provide more flexibility in booking artists for the Center Presents season and enable the continued expansion of educational programs while making them more affordable and accessible to underserved groups. Programs launched recently include free Student Matinee performances for school groups, a Transportation Grant program to lower participation costs for schools, a commission program for local performing and visual artists, and an annual performing arts camp for youth with disabilities.
With the 1,500-seat Palladium concert hall and the neighboring James Building, which houses the Tarkington and the Studio Theater, the center’s 6.5-acre campus on City Center Drive provides a rent-free home for six resident arts companies: Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel Symphony Orchestra, Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, Civic Theatre, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, and Indiana Wind Symphony.
The campus welcomes more than 140,000 ticketed patrons each year, along with hundreds of thousands of other visitors to events such as the Carmel Farmers Market and the Christkindlmarkt.
The agreement was announced Wednesday in an event at the Palladium. Financial details were not disclosed.
About Allied Solutions
Allied Solutions is one of the largest providers of insurance, lending, risk management, and data-driven solutions to financial institutions in North America. Allied Solutions uses technology-based solutions customized to meet the needs of over 6,000 banks, credit unions, finance companies, mortgage servicers, and auto dealers, along with a portfolio of innovative products and services from a wide variety of providers. Allied Solutions is headquartered in Carmel and maintains several offices strategically located across the country. Allied Solutions is a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of Securian Financial Group. Visit alliedsolutions.net to learn more.
About the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts
The mission of the nonprofit Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts is to engage and inspire the Indiana community through enriching arts experiences. The organization’s campus in Carmel includes the 1,500-seat Palladium concert hall, the 500-seat Tarkington proscenium theater and the black-box Studio Theater. The Center presents and hosts hundreds of events each year, including the Center Presents performance series, featuring the best in classical, jazz, pop, rock, country, comedy, and other genres. Educational and experiential programming for all ages includes children’s concerts and camps, book clubs, lectures and music classes. The Center is home to the affiliated Great American Songbook Foundation and provides space and support services for six resident arts companies. More information is available at TheCenterPresents.org.