Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Weavers Guild of Minnesota

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2016

End Date

May 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the Winter/Spring 2016 Class Series, featuring 18 weeks of educational programming through which participants engage in beginning to advanced-level arts activities that focus on the arts of weaving, spinning, and dyeing.

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

Carrie Vecchione: Administration, artistic, youth programming; Daniel Peltzman: Administration, organizational development; Denise Tennen: Artistic, Community Education, finance; Kari Schloner: Administration, artistic, finance; Lacey Prpic Hedtke: Artistic, administration, fundraising; Christopher Bineham: Administration, fundraising, artistic; Sara Kleinsasser Tan: Administration, artistic, education; Adam Courville: Administration, Community Education, artistic; Huda Farah: Community Education.

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 Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$62,119

Direct expenses

$72,119

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

A desired outcome is that the majority of students who participate in Winter/Spring 2017 classes say that because of their participation in the class, they were able to broaden their artistic skills. Also, the majority of students report that Weavers Guild of Minnesota is a supportive resource for all levels of interest in the arts of weaving, spinning and dyeing. Student participation numbers will be tracked and student surveys and instructor feedback will be collected.

Measurable Outcome(s)

WGM proposed that 40-50 classes would be offered in our Winter session. We far exceeded this, offering 90 classes, 82% of which were held. Between October and May, WGM offered a total of 141 classes, 77% of which were held. There were 657 registrations total with 495 unique students. 100% of students would take another class from their instructor, and 99% told us the class met their expectations.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Maddy Bartsch, Robert Bulthuis, Nancy Gossell, Melba Granlund, Jan Hayman, Doreen Hartzell, Robyn Husebye, Susan Larson-Fleming, Robbie LaFleur, Becka Rahn, Peter Withoff, Caprice Vanderkolk

Project Manager

Beth

Bowman

Weavers Guild of Minnesota

3000 University Ave SE Ste 010

Minneapolis

55414

(612) 436-0463

bbowman@weaversguildmn.org

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