Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,300
Recipient
Ulen-Hitterdal Public Schools
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2024
End Date
May 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Clay
Clay
Project Overview

Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

to hold a 4-day visual art residency for K-6 students and 7-12 art students, including a general public evening artist talk and demonstration with glass fusing artist Jolene Juhl

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Karen Pifher: Founder, Creating Community Consulting; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Paul V. Johnson: Artist, performer, musician, writer, founder of Paul Johnson Design and Illustration, retired Communication Art and Design instructor at Alexandria Technical and Community College

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Karen Pifher: Founder, Creating Community Consulting; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Paul V. Johnson: Artist, performer, musician, writer, founder of Paul Johnson Design and Illustration, retired Communication Art and Design instructor at Alexandria Technical and Community College

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,300
Other Funds Leveraged
$210
Direct expenses
$4,510
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The organization estimates that 200 individuals will indicate that the grant project had a positive impact on their communities and that 240 individuals will indicate that the arts are important to them, either personally or to their communities. The organization will evaluate their activities using an audience member questionnaire, an artist questionnaire, and an audience questionnaire.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Janet
Last Name
Maesse
Organization Name
Ulen-Hitterdal Public Schools
Street Address
PO Box 389
City
Ulen
State
MN
Zip Code
56585
Phone
(218) 596-8853
Email
tvogel@ulenhitterdal.k12.mn.us
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

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780