Operating Support
Operating Support
General operating support
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Gretchen Boyum: Gallery manager, Kaddatz Gallery; Fergus Falls Public Arts commissioner; Melissa Brechon: Retired library director, Carver County Library System; board member, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council; Jessica Briggs: Arts administration and arts/culture nonprofit consultant; Nolita Christensen: Marketing and operations consultant, Great North Show Providers; Suzzanne Kelley: Managing editor and codirector, New Rivers Press, Moorhead; Janis Lane-Ewart: Long-time arts administrator; most recently executive director of KFAI, Fresh Air Radio; Peter Pellinen: Founder, Small Parts Players; working to renovate the historic Lyric Theatre, Virginia; Elizabeth Richardson: Long-time arts administrator; former marketing director, Mixed Blood Theatre; Walter Zakahi: Dean, College of Arts and Humanities, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
ACHF Arts Access
Reach more artists (including increase range in age, cultural background, artistic discipline, gender, stage of career) by providing JumpstART twice a year for high school students; deepening relationships with metropolitan colleges and universities; deepening CHAT partnership; increasing staff literacy in working with cultural communities; implementing distance learning options. Quantitative tracking of events held, locations, and participants. Qualitative measures include participant surveys. 2: Reach more communities by growing our presence in rural communities through our Lake Region office in Fergus Falls; piloting different models of sharing program models with other communities; developing a program lifecycle model where new programs are tested and piloted locally. Quantitative tracking of services offered and used in comparison to previous years.
Reached 14,000 artists via 148 free/low cost workshops, added services in Greater Minnesota, and more. Connected arts and communities via meaningful cross-sector partnerships. Specifically, Springboard for the Arts presented 132 professional development workshops at 41 Minnesota locations, reaching 2,189 artists. Of 924 artists surveyed, 100% rated the quality as good to excellent. Connected artists with community development in Fergus Falls, Richfield, and Saint Paul. Springboard distributed 45 toolkits, provided 272 health vouchers, 150 flu shots, and assisted more than 14,000 artists via our Fergus Falls and Saint Paul offices. In Fergus Falls we extended outreach by 30%, adding creative placemaking and MNsure navigation. Incubator program expanded to 224 projects, Saint Paul resource center increased individual visits by 41%, and we launched the Creative Exchange website.
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