Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,400
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Forecast Public Artworks AKA Forecast Public Art
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2018
End Date
June 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Cass
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
St. Louis
Winona
Blue Earth
Cass
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
St. Louis
Winona
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Forecast Public Art activates people, networks, and proven practices to advance the transformational power of arts in public life.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Crystal Brinkman: Executive director, Kulture Klub Collaborative; Brenda Brousseau: Visual artist, app developer and software company owner; Michael Cook: Treasurer, Twin Cities Jazz Festival; retired banker; Sindiswa Georgiades: Project management and fund development professional; Betsy Husting: Retired fundraising consultant to nonprofit and arts organizations; Sonja Jacobsen: Retired office manager, Jacobsen Metal Fabrication; vocal and instrumental music teacher; board member, Mankato Symphony; Cheryl Kessler: Founder and principal evaluator, Blue Scarf Consulting, LLC; Philip McKenzie: Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,400
Other Funds Leveraged
$874,289
Direct expenses
$874,289
Administration costs
$6,717
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Refocus the organization's programs to establish deeper relevance and impact to the arts in the public lives of all Minnesotans. Support 300 Minnesota artists each year. Launch an online Learning Management System that delivers high-quality distance public art/ placemaking learning and training to artists and communities across Minnesota. 2: Increase unrestricted revenues that support Minnesota artists and communities. 150 new Minnesota donors through events. Implement a business plan to increase capacity and hire two consulting staff to maintain existing consulting clients and secure five new consulting clients.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Supported 415 Minnesota artists. Launched our online Learning Management System, Forecast.ED and developed two high-quality distance learning/training courses. Staff collected and tracked data on artist support and online learning tool activities and participation. 2: Implemented annual fundraising breakfast and anniversary event to reach 200+ donors. Added five new consultants and ten new consulting clients. Staff collected data following events and implemented a new consulting tracking system (tracking client type, location, outcomes, etc.).

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Lea Bittner-Eddy, John Pain, Nathan Johnson, Avital Rabinowitz, Hlee Vang, Dudley Voigt, Joan Vorderbruggen
Project Manager
First Name
Theresa
Last Name
Sweetland
Organization Name
Forecast Public Artworks AKA Forecast Public Art
Street Address
2300 Myrtle Ave Ste 160
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55114-1854
Phone
(651) 641-1128
Email
theresa@forecastpublicart.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency