Adult Art Programs - Spring 2020

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$818
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Complete
Start Date
March 2020
End Date
March 2020
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

LitKnit: Inter-generational knitting circle instruction and literature reading programs.

Craft Club: Drop in arts and crafts program for adults.

Work of Art: business skills classes for artists.

Project Details

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Legal Citation / Subdivision
2017 Minnesota Special Session Laws, Chapter 91 - HF.No 707, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 5
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$818
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

LitKnit: Participants learn a new knitting skill or enhance an existing skill. Participants share literature and revitalize the tradition of storytelling through oral reading.

Craft Club: Participants practice arts and crafts skills.

Work of Art: Participants learn a new skill to further their career as an artist. Participants identify their next steps for further their career as an artist.

Measurable Outcome(s)

LitKnit: Participants learned a new knitting skill and shared storytelling (limited actual outcomes due to COVID-19).

Craft Club: Participants learned how to decoupage jewelry and sew a zipper pouch. Comment included: One of our patrons, an immigrant from Russia, who has been attending for a few months and learning sewing shared with me how wonderful Craft Club has been for her. She had been feeling isolated and alone and had asked a librarian at one point if the library had any social activities she could attend. She's been attending weekly every since and praised our volunteers who have taught her so much about machine sewing.

Work of Art: Participants identified new tools to further their career as an artist (limited actual outcomes due to COVID-19).

Source of Additional Funds

LitKnit; Mobile Menders; Springboard for the Arts

Project Manager
First Name
Scott
Last Name
Vrieze
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
scott@melsa.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200