Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$47,878
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Duluth Art Institute Association AKA Duluth Art Institute
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Lake
St. Louis
Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Lake
St. Louis
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

To enrich daily life with dynamic, innovative arts programming that upholds excellence and promotes inclusive community participation.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; 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; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; 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; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$47,878
Other Funds Leveraged
$497,156
Direct expenses
$497,156
Administration costs
$32,641
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

DAI programming increases engagement of people from all backgrounds in the arts and reaches new constituencies. At least twenty exhibitions, ten community events, and25 art classes. Surveys using the most recent standards in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion data collection. Focus groups will provide information about absent narratives and art/ class interest.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Increase engagement of people from all backgrounds and reach new constituencies. Data on exhibitions Data on Community events Data on class opportunities Surveys.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Robin Washington, Patricia Rogers, Celia Cameron, Juli Kellner, Tyler Johnson, Rogier Gregoire, Vern Northrup, Robin Murphy, Omawole Famule
Project Manager
First Name
Christina
Last Name
Woods
Organization Name
Duluth Art Institute Association AKA Duluth Art Institute
Street Address
506 Michigan St W
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55802-1517
Phone
(218) 733-7560
Email
cwoods@duluthartinstitute.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