Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,012
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Inc. AKA Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Le Sueur
McLeod
Meeker
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Winona
Wright
Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Le Sueur
McLeod
Meeker
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Winona
Wright
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Preserving and advancing the arts of weaving, spinning, and dyeing.

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
$37,012
Other Funds Leveraged
$306,100
Direct expenses
$306,100
Administration costs
$2,300
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

WGM will offer high-quality weaving, spinning, and dyeing programs representative of the diverse global textile cultures present in Minnesota. WGM will track the kinds of programming it offers with respect to tradition and origin and populations served. Anecdotes will be collected. Program debriefs and check-ins will be conducted with partners and program leaders.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Weavers Guild of Minnesota outcome was to rebuild from Covid. Guild sustained the creative community through continued virtual and in-person programming. Weavers Guild of MN used financial and fundraising reports, program enrollment and evaluations, membership surveys and a community listening session to evaluate impact. Conversations and interviews with stakeholders were also used.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Amanda Anderson, Lisa Black, Barbara Daiker, Dawn Gillette-Kircher, Neal Goman, Melba Granlund, Barbara Heath, Cass Markovich, Mary M. Mateer, Keith Pierce, Joseph Rubin, Dawn Severson, Matthew Schutz, Linda Soranno, Beth Varro, Carol Stahlhut Carter, Beth Friedman, Celeste Grant, Katie Oberton, Sarah Nassif, Elizabeth Schutz
Project Manager
First Name
Karin
Last Name
Knudsen
Organization Name
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Street Address
3000 University Ave SE Ste 110
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55414
Phone
(612) 436-0463
Email
info@weaversguildmn.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