Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$35,120

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Upstream Arts, Inc.

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2015

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Access

Project Details

Upstream Arts will provide participatory arts programming for adults with disabilities living in the group homes of Opportunity Partners, culminating in public performances and a visual arts exhibit.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Yvonne Cory: Storyteller and textile artist, marketing representative, Faribault County Fair, career and technical instructor, Blue Earth high school; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Venessa Fuentes: Philanthropy writer at Project for Pride in Living, poet; Sandra Gillespie: Visual artist, online writing instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage, former program director, Alaska State Arts Council; Gabriel Green: Founder and executive director, Wolffe Cultural Center, Duluth, founder and senior pastor, Church of Restoration Twin Ports; Paul Robinson: Senior community leadership consultant for the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$35,120

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,007

Direct expenses

$39,127

Administration costs

$737

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Adults with disabilities living in group homes will participate in the arts, publicly present their work, and build vital social/communication skills. Post-program evaluations, artwork, and performances will demonstrate increased arts exposure, a greater range of creative expression in multiple mediums, and improved social/communication skills. 2: Adults with disabilities living in group homes will express themselves through the arts, changing community perceptions of disability and art. Post-program evaluations and audience surveys will show barriers to participation were addressed, and that audiences were exposed to new narratives about people with disabilities and the arts.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Adults with disabilities living in group homes participated in the arts and publicly presented their work, while building social/communication skills. Post-program evaluations filled out by staff, participant interviews, artwork, and participation in the performances and the exhibitions demonstrated increased arts exposure, a greater range of creative expression in multiple mediums, and improved social/communication skills. 2: Adults with disabilities in group homes put on original performances and exhibitions, changing community perceptions of disability and art. Post-program evaluations and audience surveys showed barriers to participation were addressed and that audiences were exposed to new narratives about people with disabilities and the arts.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Margaret Quinlan, Calvin Keasling, Alyssa Klein, Kim Adams, Michelle Dickerson, Janice Downing, Mary McEathron, Julie Guidry

Project Manager

Bree

Sieplinga

Upstream Arts, Inc.

3501 Chicago Ave S

Minneapolis

55407