Arts Learning

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$35,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Bemidji State University AKA Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference

Recipient Type

State Government

Status

Completed

End Date

August 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Anoka

Beltrami

Cass

Clearwater

Dakota

Goodhue

Hennepin

Hubbard

Itasca

Polk

Ramsey

Sherburne

St. Louis

Washington

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

The Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference will bring award-winning writers of national stature to present craft talks and readings and teach weeklong workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction beside Lake Bemidji.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Oscar Del Sébastien: Artist and educator; teacher of elementary art at Paul and Sheila Wellstone Elementary; Amy Giddings: Music specialist, North Shore Community School, Duluth; Jane Gudmundson: Former education director, Plains Art Museum in Fargo; Danette Olsen: Self-employed strategy consultant and teaching artist; Richard Robbins: Professor of English and director of the creative writing program, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Joanne Toft: Private educational arts consultant

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$35,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$40,366

Direct expenses

$75,366

Administration costs

$3,000

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

An underserved regional community will have access to high quality literary arts and be able to study with talented writers in an intimate setting. We measure attendance at events, distribute and collect questionnaires, track book sales, and record comments through interviews. Staff get to know attendees and faculty well and encourage feedback. 2: Make the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference available to more Minnesotans by addressing the financial barrier. By awarding several need/merit-based scholarships to Minnesotans to lower financial barriers and by partnering with regional tribes and institutions to reach out to underserved writers.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Writers of all levels come to learn their craft with some of the country's finest teaching writers in an intimate and supportive writing community. We measure attendance at events, distribute and collect 3-page questionnaires, track book sales, and record comments through interviews. Our staff get to know the attendees and faculty well and encourage feedback. 2: We make the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference available to more Minnesotans by addressing the financial barrier. We awarded several need/merit-based scholarships to Minnesotans to lower their financial barriers and we partnered with regional arts organizations and tribal and educational institutions to reach out to underserved writers.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

William Blackwell, Lauren Cobb, Angie Gora, Colleen Greer, Monte Hegg, Lynn Johnson

Project Manager

Mathew

Hawthorne

Bemidji State University AKA Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference

1500 Birchmont Dr NE Ste 4

Bemidji

56601-2699