Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The DIAL Group
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2018
End Date
June 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Media Arts Apprenticeship Program (MAAP).

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Osman Mohamed Ali: Founder and Executive Director; Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director; Cristeta Boarini: freelance audio producer, journalist, writer, Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director, Alejandra Iannone: Creative Co-Director, Wu Chen Khoo: Technical: Stage Technical Designer,Stage Director, Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant, Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Donna Saul Millen: Events Director, Christal Moose: Manager, Adaobi Okolue: Executive Director, Andrea Sjogren: Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator, Deanna StandingCloud: Program and Community Network Director, Sara Wilson: Attorney.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ann Spencer: Fundraising, General Administration, Artistic; Chris Garza: Artistic, General Management and Administration, Finance; Denise Tennen: Youth Programming, Finance, Fundraising; Eri Isomura: Artistic, Youth Programming, Volunteerism; Fatima Camara: Artistic, Youth Programming, Education; Julia Hobart: Artistic, Audience Development and Marketing, General Administration; Kate Hujda: General Management and Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development.

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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,000
Direct expenses
$20,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The DIAL Group's Media Arts Apprenticeship Program will partner with 5 emerging media artist on a professional media arts project to increase their professional artistic levels of output, self-esteem and cultural pride as artists of color, networking with professional artists and other professionals. Through these outputs, Media Arts Apprenticeship Program strives to develop a greater understanding of media arts as a career for emerging media artists by practicing their craft in a professional setting, increasing their knowledge and expectations of a creative profession, and comprehending more deeply the real-life application of art techniques. Media Arts Apprenticeship Program's evaluation plan will be balanced between objective evaluation instruments and qualitative data/narrative interpretation. The collection process will be through pre-program surveys, post-program surveys, mentorship reports/Interviews, and the quality and quantity of program related outputs or contributions to the media arts project.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The DIAL was able to recruit and professionally mentor five MAAP artist-apprentices from the Asian American community, and partnered them with two media professionals from the same community to increase the emerging artists' professional artistic levels of output, knowledge of the creative profession, and cultural pride as artists of color, through the production of a professional media arts projects.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Phil Raskin, Rodney McGee, Mikow Hang, David Kang, Kang Vang, Kue Xiong ? Media Artist, Prince-Jamal (PJ) Mack, Sr., Rodney McGee
Project Manager
First Name
David
Last Name
Kang
Organization Name
The DIAL GROUP
Street Address
1930 Glenwood Ave
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55405
Phone
(646) 335-2008
Email
davidkang.dial@gmail.com
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
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency