Arts Access
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Springboard for the Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Springboard will implement the third Rural Arts and Culture Summit in June 2015, in partnership with the Center for Small Towns at the University of Minnesota, Morris, and the Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota.
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
Yvonne Cory: Storyteller and textile artist, marketing representative, Faribault County Fair, career and technical instructor, Blue Earth high school; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Venessa Fuentes: Philanthropy writer at Project for Pride in Living, poet; Sandra Gillespie: Visual artist, online writing instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage, former program director, Alaska State Arts Council; Gabriel Green: Founder and executive director, Wolffe Cultural Center, Duluth, founder and senior pastor, Church of Restoration Twin Ports; Paul Robinson: Senior community leadership consultant for the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
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
$30,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$94,500
Direct expenses
$124,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Identify and address barriers affecting participation in rural arts by providing professional development, exchanging innovative models, and celebrating rural arts. At least 85% of all participants will feel capable of implementing at least one goal in increasing access to the arts in rural communities. One year after the Summit, at least five projects will be identified as having been catalyzed at this event. 2: To expand partnership capacity between artists, arts organizations, and community development groups in rural Minnesota. At least 15% of attendees will identify themselves as having a non-arts background who attend the event with strong interest in addressing community challenges through art and helping arts organizations reach underserved communities effectively.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Melanie Full, Shannon Pettit, Laura Zimmermann, Mike Hoyt, Noel Nix, Jeremy Cohen, Lisa Middag, Ann Jin Soo Preston, Jerome Rawls, Susan T. Schuster, Sheila Terryll
Project Manager
First Name
Laura
Last Name
Zabel
Organization Name
Springboard for the Arts
Street Address
308 Prince St Ste 270
City
St Paul
State
MN
Phone
(651) 292-3213
Email
laura@springboardforthearts.org
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