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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,100
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
NorthPoint Health and Wellness, Inc. AKA NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2014
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details
NorthPoint will collaborate with Juxtaposition Arts to have youth create graphic novels promoting healthy choices and sex education to be distributed to 3500 at-risk youth and be accessible on-line.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Brianda Cediel: Co-founder and executive director of Hands Across America; Sharon Fischlowitz: Program coordinator, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota; Roberta Gray: Director of Saint Francis Music Center, Little Falls; Tyra Hughes: A marriage and family therapist, and ARMHS worker for adults with mental illnesses; Chrisanne Pieper: Senior program director, Rochester Community and Technical College; Kelly Pratt: Business and life coach for people in creative industries; Michael Schlemper: Fiction writer, poet and visual artist; William Venne: Chief development officer, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota; Dennis Whipple: Executive director, Great River Educational Arts Theatre
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
$23,100
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,200
Direct expenses
$27,300
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

6,100 at-risk youth will receive science based information to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies. 3,500 at-risk youth will receive graphic novels combined with outreach events to ensure understanding of the material. 1,000 youth will access the graphic novels electronically. 2: This project will act as a catalyst to encourage other NorthPoint departments to include the arts and collaboration with arts agencies in their programming structures. By witnessing this project, NorthPoint expects at least one other dept. to identify means to include the arts through collaboration by July 2015 and implement said plans by July 2016 using other funding.

Measurable Outcome(s)

250 Spanish and 550 English graphic novels consisting of three stories within each novel, were printed, to be distributed to North Minneapolis teens. 2: NorthPoint developed a partnership with Juxtaposition arts.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Atum Azzahir, Willie Dominguez, Mayra Garcia-Rivera, Dianne Haulcy, Commissioner Linda Higgins, Juan Jackson, Rashida Jackson, Anil Khurana, Kenya McKnight, Sanne Magnan, Beverly Probts, Bob Rolston, Seema Shah
Project Manager
First Name
Debra
Last Name
Woods
Organization Name
NorthPoint Health and Wellness, Inc. AKA NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center
Street Address
1315 Penn Ave N
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55411
Phone
(612) 543-2500
Email
helene.woods@hennepin.us
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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