Equipment and Facilities Improvement

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Recipient
Department of Public Transformation
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
March 2024
End Date
December 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Yellow Medicine
Yellow Medicine
Project Overview

Equipment and Facilities Improvement

Project Details

The YES! House Art Gallery Lighting

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Maggie Fuller: visual art, writing; Anna Johannsen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Shawn Kinsinger: theater director, actor, musician, Palace Theatre executive director, Green Earth Players vice president, Luverne Street Music board member, Luverne High School Theater artistic director; Erin Kline, visual art, music, writing, education, SMSU Diversity and Inclusion; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board; Su Lee: visual art, film; Jessica Mata: visual art, dance, Kerkhoven Arts Council; Ana Serrano: visual art, business; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Tyler Arts Council board president, actor/director, musician, reporter.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Tetta Askeland, theater, film, education; Morgan Baum, arts admin; Shawn Kinsinger, theater, arts admin, SMAC board; Tom Nelson, theater; Paula Nemes, theater, music, libraries; Valerie Quist, writing, libraries; Mark Wilmes, theater, arts admin, SMAC board.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$700
Direct expenses
$10,700
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our goals for programming at The YES! House are to provide platforms for artists to share their craft, and to bring community members together through art, creativity, and curiosity. Appropriate lighting in the art gallery space?to literally illuminate art, make the space welcoming, and ensure accessibility?is a key component of offering high-quality artistic experiences for our participants. Every program offered at The YES! House will benefit from the installation of new lighting, whether it's a gallery exhibition, opening reception, community talk-back, or local music show. The clear measure of success in this particular project will be the successful installation of new, appropriate lighting in The YES! House to offer high-quality artistic programming for the region. To measure our impact in all of our programming, including The YES! House, DoPT uses a mix of quantitative and qualitative evaluation strategies to provide evidence of our impact in rural communities and to continuously improve our ability to foster connection, engagement, creativity, accessibility, and inclusion utilizing our Evaluation Plan.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Ashley
Last Name
Hanson
Organization Name
Department of Public Transformation
Street Address
726 Prentice St PO Box 163
City
Granite Falls
State
MN
Zip Code
56241
Phone
(320) 204-6629
Email
hello@publictransformation.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

509 W Main St, PO Box 55
Marshall, Minnesota 56258 

Phone
Phone Manager: Nicole DeBoer
(507) 537-1471
Email the Agency