Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
COMPAS will engage at-risk youth and community members to create and install a large-scale mosaic and paint mural, to transform a concrete bridge underpass into a welcoming passageway that reflects the community's interests.
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
Rachel Carlson: Poet, novelist; nominated for Minnesota Book Award; Katherine Dodge: Retired executive director, Itasca Orchestra and Strings program; board chair, Grand Rapids Arts and Culture Commission; Takara Henegar: Program associate and Ron McKinley Philanthropy Fellow at The Saint Paul Foundation; Lauren Hughes: Creative arts development supervisor, Midwest Special Services; gallery curator; Keri Kellerman: Managing director, Playwrights' Center; Jessica Roeder: Writer, poet and teacher; Simon Sperl: Director of corporate and foundation relations. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$100,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$72,937
Direct expenses
$172,937
Administration costs
$29,700
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.92
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

At-risk youth, ages 16-24, will learn mosaic or painting skills, complete portions of a public art mural, and teach others some of these skills. COMPAS will track: youths' mosaic and painting skills at the beginning and end of project, and progress made towards completing the mural, and how youth helped others at community art-making sessions. 2: Community members will learn mosaic and/or painting skills during community art making sessions. We will ask people who take part in community painting/mosaic-making sessions about their past experiences with art making and its impact.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Homeless, displaced and/or low income youth, ages 14-24, completed a paint and mosaic mural. A group of them also taught others paint skills. Mentor artists monitored apprentices' paint and mosaic skills as they practiced and then as they worked on the mural, and their interactions helping others with paint skills. Progress on mural documented with pictures. Apprentices filled out an evaluation 2: Community members learned painting skills as they painted at a festival and helped with mural; and observed mosaics being made. We talked with people at festival and during volunteering or observations about past painting or mosaic experience. Compiled notes on responses. Being outdoors it became difficult to give people a written survey.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Cheryl Bock, Mimi Stake, Diane Johnson, Susan Rotilie, Michelle Silverman, Roderic Hernub Southall, Yvette Trotman, Keven Ambrus, Robert Erickson, Christina Koppang, Hristina Markova, Samantha Massaglia, Jessica Gessner, Louis Porter, Abigail Lawrence, Jeff Goldenberg, Mae Brooks, Kathy Sanville, Mary Sennes, Elizabeth Sheets, Virajita Singh, Dameun Strange, Walter L. Smith III
Project Manager
First Name
Joan
Last Name
Linck
Organization Name
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
Street Address
75 5th St W Ste 304
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55102
Phone
(651) 292-3203
Email
joan@compas.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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