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2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ricardo M. Levins Morales
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2015
End Date
December 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Levins Morales will create a series of five original posters that combine graphics and words. Each will be mounted for a month long exhibition in the interior of up to 100 Metro Transit buses, posing questions meant to provoke curiosity and social connection. The project will culminate in an interactive community event in south Minneapolis.
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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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Brenda Brousseau: Visual artist, app developer and software company owner; Laddavanh Insixiengmay: Lao weaving artist and designer, cofounder of Lao Cultural Center, founder of SihnNaChampa Dance Theatre; Leann Johnson: Graphic designer, illustrator and ceramic tile artist; Stephen Klassen: Twin Cities sculptor and painter working primarily with wood; Kristin Makholm: Executive director, Minnesota Museum of American Art; Edie Overturf: Cofounder, LegUp Studio, visiting assistant professor of printmaking, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Emily Stover: Visual artist and designer, adjunct instructor in design at University of Minnesota; Delina White: Folk and traditional artist from Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,500
Direct expenses
$11,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Public engagement and discussion of commonalities and differences through provocative art. A minimum of 120 participants at the closing community event, and 150 comments generated on the project's web site, will be considered evidence of strong public engagement. 2: Experience coordinating a multifaceted public art project in all its artistic, social and technical dimensions. Posters will successfully be displayed in 50100 Metro Transit buses each month; an accompanying web site and community event will be components of a unified, highly visible project.

Measurable Outcome(s)

A large audience was exposed to artwork which reflected its cultural diversity and encouraged both personal reflection and curiosity about strangers. Actual headcount of event participants. Actual count of online comments, likes and shares. Subjective assessment of the quality of participation at the community event. 2: Exposure of the commuting public to art reflecting on the cultural makeup and personal narratives of Minnesotans. Report from bus ad company, Titan, stated the amount of buses in which the ads were placed.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Ricardo
Last Name
Levins Morales
Organization Name
Ricardo M. Levins Morales
State
MN
Phone
(612) 455-2242x 5
Email
ricardolevinsmorales@gmail.com
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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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