Community Arts Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,420

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Visual Arts Minnesota

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

May 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Benton

Sherburne

Stearns

Wright

Project Overview

Community Arts Support

Project Details

Visual Arts Exhibitions and Professional Development Organization

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Stearns County Arts Advisor/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Mike Carlson: Art Teacher, Fall Musical Director, Potter; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, member of Artists of Minnesota, Community Education Art Class instructor; George Minerich: photographer, environmental professional; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North LLC.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Stearns County Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Mike Carlson: Art Teacher, Fall Musical Director, Potter; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author; Linda Brobeck: Visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC; George Minerich: Photographer; Ken Barry: Blues musician, Victorian and digital photographer.

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

$6,420

Other Funds Leveraged

$36,558

Direct expenses

$42,978

Administration costs

$6,420

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.26

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Engage 500 visual artists in our programs: Essential Art Exhibition and Celebration, FYI Artist Professional Development Workshop, Do Art (formerly known as Sketchbook) artist meeting group, Art Scope Community Galleries, Lemonade Art Fair Pop Up Galleries. 2. Utilize our website, e-newsletter and social media to broaden our audience and get more people involved in visual arts activities in our community. We will keep records of the participation by adults and youth in all of our programs. We will conduct surveys to look for what worked and what could be improved. We will also be able to keep record of online involvement increases via our e-newsletter with Mailchimp, our likes" on our Facebook page and our Twitter followers."

Measurable Outcome(s)

In Fiscal Year 2015 Visual Arts Minnesota presented the following programs: Essential Art Exhibition and Celebration, Fyi Artist Professional Development Workshop, Do Art (formerly known as Sketchbook) artist meeting group, Art Scope Community Galleries, Lemonade Art Fair and Saint Cloud Art Crawl participation. We utilized our website, e-newsletter and social media to broaden to reach audiences and conduct surveys with our programs.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Ellen Nelson, Regan Stommes, Christopher Zlatic, Shane Mahon, Julia Gustafson

Project Manager

Natalie

Ratha

Visual Arts Minnesota

PO Box 972

St Cloud

56302