The stakeholders who funded this project have established a Joint Operating Agreement that addresses how the facility will be owned, governed and maintained.  The school board and administration will oversee and fund all school programming.  The school district also will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the facility including utilities.  The stakeholders have appointed a Governing Board to oversee all community programming.  This newly established 501c3 will hire and supervise the executive director, who will be responsible for the community artistic programming.  In addition, the executive director will hire staff as necessary and budgeted for the successful operation of the facility.  It is anticipated that the school district will utilize the facility most frequently during the day and that the community will use the facility mostly in the evenings or on weekends.  While the executive director, who reports to the governing board (501c3), is primarily responsible for the community artistic programming, it is also expected that the executive director will work closely with a designated school representative to consider school curriculum needs in order to enrich the school’s programming.
 
As an example, when the foundation recently brought Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, to lecture to a community audience, Kearns Goodwin also participated in a master class with high school honors students.  This kind of “shared programming” is a key component to the mission of the arts center.
 
Ownership of the facility and land will be shared by the School District, Village of New Albany and Plain Township.  The facility will be maintained consistent with other school campus facilities.