Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Kinship of Rivers
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2014
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for We Are Water, a one-month long multimedia exhibition and performance at the Soap Factory in Minneapolis. Activities will take place in May and June 2014.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Loren Niemi: General Management, Artistic, Organizational Development; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Artistic, General Management; Jessica Briggs: Artistic, General Management; Pete Driessen: Visual Arts, Media Arts, Community Arts; Laura Leffler-McCabe: General Management; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Paul Rudoi: Artistic, General Management; Rachel Wandrei: Artistic, General Management; Joan Vorderbruggen: General Management.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$13,700
Direct expenses
$18,700
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We expect to have 85 artists to show and perform their work to 1000 participants who will create river flags, making paper mache canoes and cranes, dance, food, and music.We'll count the participants. The art made by the audience will be counted and scanned and documented in videos, photos, and website of www.kinshipofrivers.org.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Kinship of Rivers at Soap Factory was a one month long celebration of the Yangtze and Mississippi Rivers, with over 100 artists from both countries and rivers participated in the show (90% of the artists live in the Twin Cities areas), with over 2000 audience participated in all the activities designed as interactive art projects; We made hundreds of river flags, origami cranes, paper canoes and fabric rivers, and nearly everyone participated in the meditation of the live making of Sand Mandala of Peace and Compassion; Everyone was amazed by the depth and scope of the art exhibition and active interactions with the audience, and was particularly impressed and moved by how the arts transformed the space in their hearts, minds, and gallery space; Some of them returned 3-5 times to the events throughout the show.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Anne Waltner, Oliver St John, Scott Gannis, Adam Stoltman, David Wiggins, Dan McGuiness, Yung-Tsi Bolon
Project Manager
First Name
Wang
Last Name
Ping
Organization Name
Kinship of Rivers
Street Address
1361 Murray Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55116
Phone
(651) 247-3161
Email
administrator@kinshipofrivers.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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency