Creative Intersections

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$15,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Lyndale Neighborhood Association

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2012

End Date

July 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Creative Intersections

Project Details

Funding for the creation of box wraps, public art around utility boxes. The box wraps will display imagery reflecting the needs, hopes and dreams of those who live closest to each box.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Lia Rivamonte: Executive Director, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts; Kersten Elverum: City of Hopkins, Director of Planning and Development; Jun-Li Wang: Artist Community Organizer, Springboard for the Arts; John Bueche: Bedlam Theatre; Jessica Briggs: Program Manager, Ananya Dance Theatre; Steve Boland: Loan Officer, Nonprofits Assistance Fund.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$15,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$9,200

Direct expenses

$24,200

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To use vibrant, meaningful art as a way to bring community members closer together; to reduce gang-related graffiti by turning utility boxes into public art; to create visually interesting public art that tell stories about the Lyndale neighborhood; to create a sense of place that reflects the people who live and work in the neighborhood.Amount of utility box artwork created; level of engagement with Lyndale Neighborhood Association's current block clubs; use of this project to start new block clubs; amount of people who contribute their ideas to the project; online presence in adding context and participation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Approximately 200 people engaged with the Lyndale Neighborhood Association and each other by contributing to the creation of the public art, and there is new interest in the Lyndale Neighborhood Association's neighborhood block clubs.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Dick Giese, Bryce Pier, Richelle Reetz, Elizabeth Sibet, Phil Rooney, Kassie Church, Dan Swenson-Klatt, Meredith Gill, Megan Seeds, Steven Godfrey, Becky Alper, Mark Hinds

Project Manager

Mark

Hinds

Lyndale Neighborhood Association

3537 Nicollet Ave S

Minneapolis

55408-4559

(612) 824-9402

mark@lyndale.org

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