Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,340
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Photography at the Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2012
End Date
November 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for a series of biweekly presentations and workshops for ten teen/adult groups to introduce participants to photography as a powerful tool for self-expression. The project will run from September through November 2012 and is a partnership with the Minneapolis YMCAÆs Beacons Program serving North and Northeast Minneapolis.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Beverly Cottman: Dance Instructor, African American Academy for Accelerated Learning; Barry Kleider: Photographer; Clea Galhano: Executive Director, Saint Paul Conservatory of Music; Tricia Khutoretsky: Curator, Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project; Joanna Cortright: Consultant; George Sand: Managing Director, El Colegio Charter Arts High School; Rolf Erdahl: Chamber Music Lakeville; Scott Winters: Executive Director, River Ridge Arts; Danette Olsen: Board Member, ArtReach Saint Croix.
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
$6,340
Other Funds Leveraged
$9,135
Direct expenses
$15,475
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To introduce teen/adult teams to the medium of photography as a powerful tool for creative development and self-expression.Class attendance, discussion, and mentorship with professional arts photographers.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Students learned and expanded skills in photography and reported that the project changed the way they look at things, including their own community.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Herman Milligan, Tom Reiter, Richard Vogel, Christina Chang
Project Manager
First Name
Orin
Last Name
Rutchick
Organization Name
Photography at the Center
Street Address
2400 N 2nd St Ste 200
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55411
Phone
(612) 424-8359
Email
orin@photographyatthecenter.org
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