Operating Support

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,676

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

The Rourke Art Gallery Museum

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2015

End Date

June 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Becker

Clay

Norman

Otter Tail

Wilkin

Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

General operating support

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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,676

Other Funds Leveraged

$305,368

Direct expenses

$316,044

Administration costs

$5,500

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.2

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Make educational arts programming more accessible in our community. We will increase our educational opportunities by roughly 50% through the use of a newly dedicated educational space within the museum. Funding will help provide staff to expand free educational programming to include at least one event per month. 2: We will use these funds in part to offer quality professional opportunities to young Minnesota artists. We will dedicate 25% of our exhibition opportunities to emerging Minnesota artists. Funding will help provide staff time, marketing, and other resources to ensure these exhibitions are seen by a wide audience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We used these funds in part to make educational arts programming accessible to our community. Post class/workshop assessments were conducted after each of the twelve classes/workshops. 2: Twelve young Minnesota artists were brought in and compensated for their teaching twelve different arts education classes/workshops. Contracts for each artist.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jeanne Aske, Chad Johnson, Jeff Knight, Alex Fogarty, Bev Lake, Su Legatt, Ron Ramsay, J. Bracken Rourke, Vern Rourke

Project Manager

Chad

Johnson

The Rourke Art Gallery Museum

521 Main Ave PO Box 345

Moorhead

56560-2748