Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,219
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Reif Arts Council AKA Reif Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2020
End Date
June 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Pennington
Red Lake
St. Louis
Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Pennington
Red Lake
St. Louis
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

The Reif Arts Council's mission is: Stimulating arts in northern Minnesota. The underlying principle guiding our mission is to offer a diverse mix of performing and visual arts to be experienced, exhibited, and taught.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: former mayor of Rochester; Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: executive director of grants and sponsored programs for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota., Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Sean Dowse: former mayor of Red Wing; former executive director, Sheldon Theatre; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Thomas Moss: consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: former mayor of Rochester; Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: executive director of grants and sponsored programs for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota., Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Sean Dowse: former mayor of Red Wing; former executive director, Sheldon Theatre; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Thomas Moss: consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,219
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,302,273
Direct expenses
$1,302,273
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will make our local senior citizen population feel included and appreciated by providing daytime, bus-in arts events at our center. We will present daytime bus-in arts events for senior citizens from assisted living facilities; participants will be interviewed to gauge if this process made them feel more valued and to ensure easier arts access was obtained.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Due to COVID-19, we did not have bus-in events but provided virtual streaming to older adults instead. We used our ticket tracking software to identify what populations (ages) and locations (private homes, older adult living facilities) participated in our virtual streaming events. We were unable to interview participants as originally planned.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jon Arntson, Katie Cargill, Kris Ferraro, Kari Hedlund, Tom Karges, Joni Namyst, Mindy Nuhring, Glenna Olson, Rhonda Schaffer, Myrna Peterson, Bud Schneider, Angela Tobeck, Robert Ward, Jr., Noah Wilcox
Project Manager
First Name
Shantel
Last Name
Dow
Organization Name
Reif Arts Council AKA Reif Center
Street Address
720 NW Conifer Dr
City
Grand Rapids
State
MN
Zip Code
55744-2475
Phone
(218) 327-5780
Email
sdow@reifcenter.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