Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
People Incorporated
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
January 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Artability Show and Sale
Project Details
Funding for the Artability Show and Sale, a three-day event for artists with mental illness to exhibit and sell their artwork. The event will take place in October 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Elin Anderson: Sound Designer, Park Square Theatre; Scott Pakudaitis: Board President, Bedlam Theatre; Pat Teiken: Executive Director, Twin Cities Womens' Choir; Janna Knittel: Institutional Giving Manager, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Amy Rummenie: Artistic Director, Walking Shadow Theater Company; Joe Hagedorn: artist, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet; Bill Cottman: Artistic Director, Salon 106; Steve Busa: Artistic Director, Red Eye Collaboration; Rebecca Cline: Assistant Director of Development, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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
No
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
$9,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,835
Direct expenses
$17,835
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To empower artists with mental illness; to change public perceptions of mental illness and challenge stigmas; to create an environment that supports, celebrates, and showcases the talents of participating artists.Number of artists who participate; community attendance; amount of artwork entered and sold; feedback from show attendees and advisory committee members; survey of participating artists.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences reported a new awareness of mental illness after attending the show that participating artists called supportive and celebratory.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Greta Seiffert, Sarah Beggs, Nancy Blakestad, Mike Conroy, Bart Galle, Elias LaVelle, Barbara Nichols, Mary Ratliff, Jan Favorite
Project Manager
First Name
Katie
Last Name
Burns
Organization Name
People Incorporated
Street Address
2060 Centre Pointe Blvd Ste 3
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55120
Phone
(651) 774-0011
Email
Katie.Burns@PeopleIncorporated.org
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