Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
November 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
The Ordway, WE WIN Institute, Voice of Culture Drum and Dance, and Loveworks Academy will create community access to a dance performance by Lula Washington Dance Theatre, including a residency with Minnesota artists to engage participants as artists.
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. 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
Susan Berdahl: Director of marketing and communications, St. David's Center; Laurel Bradley: Director and curator, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College; Mary Flicek: Arts administrator, board member, River Junctions Arts Council; Scott Gilbert: Theater artist and educator, director and producer, Segue Productions; Nicole Helget: Memoir and fiction writer, Mankato; Elizabeth Larson: Arts administrator, Bach Society of Minnesota, freelance musician; Larry Retzlaff: Landscape painting artist, portrait photographer, cofounder of Third Life Studio, and founder, Q1 Gallery, Minneapolis; Emily Wright: Managing director, Minnesota Guitar Society
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
$100,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$25,647
Direct expenses
$125,647
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Ordway and partnering organizations and individuals will deepen their relationship by growing their collaborative community arts programming. The project engages at risk youth from WE WIN Institute, Loveworks Academy, and Voice of Culture as arts learners and performers, hosting workshops led by teaching artists to lead up to a professional performance at the Ordway with Lula Washington Dance Theatre. 2: The project provides access to an Ordway performance, and experiential arts learning by members of multicultural communities in the Twin Cities. Through ticket and bus subsidies, stipends to teaching artists and organizational partners, food, space, and transport to rehearsals will enable access for all participants to exceptional arts learning experiences.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The Ordway along with leadership from partnering organizations, brought 60+ youth together to engage in a collaborative artistic and cultural learning experience. GrayHall LLC consulted with Ordway staff, observed rehearsals on a monthly basis, facilitated a youth focus group, and conducted interviews with family members and staff from partnering organization. 2: Rehearsals held at convenient North Minneapolis locations allowed for greater youth participation. Subsidized tickets and free transportation helped family members to engage as audience members. GrayHall LLC consulted with Ordway staff, conducted interviews with family members and partnering organization staff regarding how well they felt barriers were addressed by the Ordway. Gray Hall also recorded numbers of subsidized tickets used for the final performance at the Ordway.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Scott P. Anderson, Jeannie P. Buckner, Dorothea Burns, Bob Cattanach, Mary Choate, John P. Clifford, Traci Egly, Rajiv Garg, John Gibbs, Michael Goar, William Gullickson, Tom Handley, Linda Hanson, Mark Henneman, Roger Hewins, Angela Jenks, David Kuplic, Eric Levinson, David Lilly, Barry Lazarus, Laura McCarten, Matt Majka, Rosa Miller, Nancy Nicholson, John Ordway, Bill Parker, William Sands, David Sewall, Lisa Anderson, Peter Thrane, Daniel Wrigley
Project Manager
First Name
Micah
Last Name
Minnema
Organization Name
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Street Address
345 Washington St
City
St Paul
State
MN
Phone
(651) 282-3037
Email
mminnema@ordway.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
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