Flexible Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Soo Visual Arts Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2020
End Date
November 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Flexible Support

Project Details

Hybrid Exhibition support

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner; Amanda Cortes: Artspace and Springboard for the Arts; Paul Creager: Square Lake Film and Music Festival Founder and Director; Adrienne Doyle: Juxtaposition Arts Tactical Lead and Development Associate; Craig Dunn: Access Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Interdisciplinary Artist and Sparkle Theatricals Creative Creative Director; Ryan-Olivia McCoy: Black Label Movement and Shapeshift dancer; Christal Moose: Native Arts Collaborative Agency and Native Pride Productions, Inc. Arts Manager and Artist; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Independent Consultant; Andrea Sjogren: Community Education; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Sara Wilson: Lommen Abdo P.A. Attorney; Kate Walker: Valley Chamber Chorale Singer; Lauren White: Augsburg College Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Carmen Perez, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Artistic, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Ronald Salazar, Education, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Sara Endalew, Artistic, Community Service / Development, Education; Seulgee Nelson, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Artistic, Education; Yang Mee Moua Yang, Education, Disabilities Specialist, Artistic.

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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$0
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

A reduction in geographic, cultural and/or physical barriers to arts participation; a change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition due to arts events; arts groups' are strengthened by connecting to their communities through the arts; artists expand and improve their work and the way in which they create it; artists connect to new audiences, building relationships that provide artistic growth. Observation

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our exhibition schedule changed multiple times throughout the year due to travel bans, closures and other pandemic related adjustments. Daniel McCarthy Clifford and the exhibition curated by Gregory J. Rose shifted to 2022; but we added exhibitions that still fit our grant proposal: Anika Scheinder produced ?Chinese-ish?, redefining her identity on her own terms; I Was Born With a Silver Spoon in Your Mouth by Candice Davis visualized the inheritance of trauma; HOWW to BEHAAYV by Johanna Winters, explored aging and the female body; Finally, Put it in the Chat, showcasing artists that had online programming during the pandemic. This exhibition is also providing the perfect setting for Peng Wu, who has created a new kind of ?classroom? at SooVAC through curriculum based on collective artmaking.?In a critical time of healing Peng Wu?s Pandemic School will play a pivotal role, this includes 8 workshops and stipends for teaching artists, attendance is free with a suggested donation.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Mark Davis, Tom DeBiaso, Liza Ferrari, Gretchen Gasterland-Gustafsson, Frank Grazzini II, John C. Levy, Robyne Robinson, Mark Spencer, Heather Wulfsberg, Andrea Carlson, Debra deNoyelles, Jason Howard, Herman Milligan, Jr., Ph.D, Jim Rustad, Michael Samml
Project Manager
First Name
Carolyn
Last Name
Payne
Organization Name
Soo Visual Arts Center
Street Address
2909 Bryant Ave S Ste 101
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 871-2263
Email
carolyn@soovac.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
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

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