Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
FilmNorth
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2022
End Date
February 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Washington
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Washington
Project Overview

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Project Details

FilmNorth will enhance its online arts learning and screening programs and create a model to offer professional development to filmmakers from all backgrounds within community settings.

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; Emily Galusha, arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; 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

Terrell Beaudry is the founder and president of SOAR Regional Arts based in Saint Michael. In addition to SOAR, Beaudry is the director of choral music at the Anoka Middle School for the Arts, and director of Music at St. Victoria Catholic Church.; Karlyn Berg graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, obtaining a BFA in painting and graduate printmaking studies at Pratt University. She is a working artist using acrylics, printmaking and collage and she teaches art workshops. In 2017 and 2020 and 2021 she was awarded a Minnesota States Arts Board grants and from The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council in 2018 and 2019 and 2021. She is the administrative assistant at the Edge Center for the Arts in Bigfork, Minnesota. She also is a ISD 318 Community Education Coordinator, and a volunteer dog scentwork trainer for The Iron Rang Dog Training Club.; Megan Krueger is currently the development manager at Every Meal in Roseville. She has worked at several arts organizations including Steppingstone Theatre and Stages Theatre Company. She graduated with a BA in both English literature and theater from Viterbo University (La Crosse, WI).; Angela McDowell is creator of Alleyway Arts & Herbs, LLC, which promotes scholarship and mindfulness through helping people to the realization of art as omnipresent using creative, nonmedical therapy solutions. Alleyway Teas and merchandise are sold locally in Minnesota. McDowell was student counselor at ECMC, a nonprofit, and taught locally at Folwell Performing Arts Magnet.; Gregory Wilkins works at Minnesota State University Mankato as the associate director of the Centennial Student Union and student activities and is a working artist. He served on the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council for six years, and currently serves an elected two-year term as a curatorial panelist for Minneapolis Institute of Art?s Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program. In 2020, he served as a Poetry Out Loud judge with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. He formerly served as the director?s assistant, external affairs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC).

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 Education

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$100
Direct expenses
$13,600
Administration costs
$1,500
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesotans will have greater access to resources that allow them to share their stories using film and media. Surveys, formal and informal discussions with participants, registration numbers and demographics

Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesotans had greater access to resources that allow them to share their stories using film and media. Surveys, formal and informal discussions with participants, registration numbers and demographics.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes.
Recipient Board Members
Jeremy Wilker, Kellan Anderson Lee, Rebecca McDonald, Sam Burnham, David Weiser, Valerie Deus, Alison Guess, Sara Hamilton, Rose Lambert, Sherry Meek, Will Prescott, Bianca Rhodes, Jamie Schumacher, Missy Whiteman, Quinn Villagomez, May Yang, Aaron Young
Project Manager
First Name
Andrew
Last Name
Peterson
Organization Name
FilmNorth
Street Address
550 Vandalia St Ste 120
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55114
Phone
(651) 644-1912x 110
Email
apeterson@filmnorth.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
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