Partners in Arts Participation

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,880
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Urban Strategies, Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details
Urban Strategies teen group at Heritage Park will learn bronze casting and wood and leather burning in sustainable low-tech methods as a means of driving self pride and creative entrepreneurship.
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; 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; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
William Adams: Public policy consultant; community leader of Kaddatz Galleries creation; Elaine Allen: Retired RN; literacy tutor and co-coordinator of church art program; Selma Fernandez Richter: Photographer documenting the immigrant experience; Roxanne Givens: Founder, Minnesota African American Museum and Cultural Center; Matthew Guidry: Co-founder and artistic director of Upstream Arts; actor, director, educator, choreographer; Tyra Hughes: Marriage and family therapist; participant in Art of Recovery program as exhibitor, judicator, and speaker; Jane Zilch: Consultant and educator for non-profit organizations; board member of Theater Latte Da
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$22,880
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,560
Direct expenses
$25,440
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

This program will serve the purpose of community building for at-risk teens as they explore their identities, develop self-pride, and share their work. A pre- and post- focus group with teens, project evaluator, and artist, along with public teen presentations, will assess the growth of community building and individual participants’ sense of accomplishment. 2: The artist and artwork materials can be brought to the neighborhood for most of the working sessions and field trip transportation is provided. The equipment and materials used in the community space will be evaluated for logistics with a feedback session between project evaluator, teen group facilitator, and artist.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The in depth art process requires diligence, and leads to a sense of accomplishment. The participants shared their work in three public settings. We discussed privately, artist and project manager and project evaluator. We had the youth write informally and we discussed their writing. We had some of the youth edit and create written formal paragraphs. We assessed the youth engagement by observation at the events. This included degree of participation, promptness, effort. 2: Artist provided an opportunity to youth in their community space in order to alleviate barriers of travel and time for the youth. We conversed and observed the youth. We noted that the ones who began the project and were engaged started setting aside time for subsequent sessions, and showed up for it. Project Evaluator, Project Manager and artist, determined in private discussion, that the workshop was successful in a private discussion where we looked at who participated and noted that, due to other responsibilities, they would otherwise have not participated.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Richard Baron, Hillary Zimmerman, Paul C. Brophy, Carl Lang, Karla McLucas, Michael Sherraden, Carrie Van Syckel
Project Manager
First Name
Elana
Last Name
Dahlberg
Organization Name
Urban Strategies, Inc.
Street Address
1000 Olson Memorial Hwy
City
Minneapollis
State
MN
Zip Code
55411
Phone
(612) 767-1055
Email
elana.dahlberg@urbanstrategiesinc.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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