Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
New York Mills Arts Retreat AKA New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
May 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Otter Tail
Otter Tail
Project Overview
New York Mills Kite Festival
Project Details
To sponsor 500 students to design, build and fly kites in a Kite Festival.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Gary Hendrickson: former professor of literature; Nancy Berns: radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Jane Gudmundson: retired gallery manager Minnesota State University-Moorhead, artist in residence; Pagyn Harding: literary artist and publisher author; Kari Adams: graphic designer, printmaker; Jimmy Schryver: professor of Art History at University of Minnesota-Morris; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Katherine Dahl: retired librarian at University of North Dakota-Grand Forks; Lorene McIntosh: retired art teacher; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Merlin Peterson: BA Theatre Arts, UM, director, set designer, owner of PopeArt performance space.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Gary Hendrickson: former Professor of Literature, former Senior Grant Officer at National Endowment for Humanities, Academic Dean at M State Fergus Falls; Kari Adams: graphic designer with University Relations at University of Minnesota- Morris; Nancy Berns: board member for Alexandria Area Arts Association Board and the IDS 206 Center for the Arts Focus Group, vocalist, choir director; Jane Gudmundson: retired Gallery Manager at Minnesota State University- Moorhead, former Education Director at Plains Art Museum; Jimmy Schryver: Assistant Professor of Art History at University of Minnesota- Morris; Kari Kjsebo: former manager of the Underbrush Art Gallery, estate sale manager; Katherine Dahl: retired reference librarian for various universities; Pagyn Harding: literary artist, author, volunteer for arts organizations as grant writer/publicity coordinator/administrator; Lorene McIntosh: art teacher (privately and in K-12 schools); Carolyn Flieder: former social worker for Lutheran Social Services, former owner of a Quilt Shop/Bed and Breakfast business, fiber artist, visual artist; Merlin Peterson: worked at Guthrie Theatre, director, lighting and set designer, owner of Pope Art, alternate Pope County.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$3,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To involve 500 students in the active creation of art through the process of kite design, making, and flying. To involve the families of these 500 students in a deeper understanding and appreciation of the artistic process. To involve 50 elders in the community living in the Elders Home and in private homes in an involvement with the youth of the community in an artistic process. To make a community day of a Kite Festival in New York Mills that will be attended by the artists (students), the parents, and the elders of the community. To display kites in the gallery of the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and the Elders Home.1. 75% of student artists will complete a survey of their arts experience. 2. Of those completing the survey, 50% or more will identify the experience as a positive arts experience. 3. 20 seniors will complete a survey describing their experience in the Kite Festival. 4. 20 individual families will complete surveys identifying their experience in the Kite Festival.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The classroom surveys showed the following: 1. More than 90% of students surveyed enjoyed the kite making and flying experience. 2. More than 50% of students indicated that they planned to fly kites again on their own. 3. More than 90% of students indicat

Description of Funds
Recipient Board Members
Alice Martin, Amy Sobieski, Beth Super, Bill Warner: Elisa Korentayer, John Husband, John Perry, Manley Nichols, Peder Butenhoff, Trisha McCarthy, Vicky Chepulis
Project Manager
First Name
Jamie
Last Name
Robertson
Organization Name
New York Mills Arts Retreat AKA New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
Street Address
24 Main Ave N PO Box 246
City
New York Mills
State
MN
Zip Code
56567
Phone
(218) 385-3339
Email
jamie@kulcher.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

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780