Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ka Joog
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2016
End Date
July 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for Xasuuso (Remember) 1960, a photography exhibit and spoken word event to be held during the annual Somali Independence Day celebration in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Oskar Ly: Artistic, community service, volunteerism; Tiernan Warner: Artistic, youth programming, education; Stanton Wood: Fundraising, general management, artistic; Erin Lauderman: Artistic, youth programming, audience development; Zhen Zou: Education, general management, artistic; Jennifer Wood: Fundraising, disabilities specialist, general management; Monica Murray: Artistic, education, general management; Jonna Kosalko: Fundraising, audience development, general; Jean McElvain: Artistic, Community Education, organizational development.
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 Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,250
Direct expenses
$6,250
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We anticipate to engage about 50 youth, 30 adults, with at least four different artist. We anticipate that more than 50% of the public attendees experience this art form for the first time. Ka Joog will evaluate the project's success by the number of youth that participate, the feedback from youth participants via a survey, the number of audience members that attend the public presentation, and the feedback from audience members via a survey.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We have achieved our artistic goals for this project as stated. Our goals for the project was to reach 4 artists and we have done this within the program. All of these artist who took part of the program were/are well known within the Somali community and have done great job taking part of the project. During the overall of the project, we didn't ran into any issue. We had more participants that we previously thought that we would have. People really enjoyed the program as this was very educational for many non-Somalis and for Somali youth as well. The target audience for “Xasuuso (Remember) 1960” are Somalis and non-Somalis that attend the festival in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, Somali youth volunteers at the festival, and students, faculty, and/or staff at nearby universities (Macalester College, Augsburg College, and the University of Minnesota). The goal of the event was to connect the festival to the historic event in Somalia that preceded it, which is why festival attenders are a main target for marketing. Ka Joog hope was to engage universities and youth volunteers because another goal of the event was to educate the younger generation about Somali history. Although the intended community for the project was mainly the Somali community. However, non-Somalis community members did took part and participated in the project. We were able to reach a very diverse participants. The majority of our participants were youth under the age of 24 years old. Elders, and parents from the Somali community did participated the project as well. Ka Joog's outreach effort did resulted having Somalis and non-Somalis participate in the project. All of our programs, including this project, is very accessible and we welcome all who wish to participate in the project. During the project, we were able to engage over 70 youth, 50 adults, and 4 different artist. 80% of our participants have said that this was their first time experiencing such program within the Somali community. This type of program was never done before within the Somali community. People were able to learn many new things that they didn't know before, especially the non-Somalis.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Ibrahim Farah, Mohamed Noor, Abdimalik Mohamed, Badra Ali, An Quam, Abdifitah Farah, Abdul Mohamed, Daud Mohamed, Mohamed Hersi
Project Manager
First Name
Mohamed
Last Name
Farah
Organization Name
Ka Joog
Street Address
1420 Washington Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55454
Phone
(612) 795-1589
Email
mfarah@kajoog.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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency