Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum AKA The Somali Museum of Minnesota

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2016

End Date

March 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Anoka

Dakota

Hennepin

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to present an exhibition of traditional Somali artworks in 10 locations, targeting Somali youth and segments of the Somali community that lack access to studying traditional Somali arts and culture.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair of El Arco Iris; 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 Artistic Director of World Music and Dance and the International Children’s Festival; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Bob Peskin: Administration, audit, fundraising; Jennifer Case Phelps: Artistic, volunteerism, fundraising; Mathew Janczewski: Artistic, administration, fundraising; Judi Lamble: Administration, artistic, organizational development; Mark Collier: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Courtney Gerber: Education, volunteerism, audience development; Patrick Rhone: Artistic; Liz Xiong: Audience development, artistic, Community Education; Jennifer Nicklay: Education, artistic, administration.

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 Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$5,000

Direct expenses

$15,000

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences will gain exposure to Somali traditional arts and art history at 10 events around the Twin Cities metro. In particular, Somali-American youth will gain access to traditional art from their heritage, when this art was previously unavailable to them. We will report back the number of Mobile Culture Show events that take place, count the numbers of audience members including demographic data about the number of Somali, non-Somali, youth, and non-youth attendees. We will conduct spoken feedback interviews with audience members at events to gauge whether they had previously been able to access these art forms.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We presented the Mobile Culture Show at 11 venues around the Twin Cities, engaging 1,045 individuals (incl. 470 youth/children) in an interaction with Somali art. Youth who had never studied their traditions immersed themselves in cultural arts, and proudly shared with youth of other backgrounds. Public employees and adults of diverse backgrounds gained understanding about their Somali neighbors.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Abshir Isse, Asha Hibad, Busad Ali Kheyre, Mohamoud Abdullahi Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Salad, Faisal Deri, Dr. Abdulfatah Mohamed

Project Manager

Osman

Ali

Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum

1516 Lake St E Ste 11

Minneapolis

55407