Arts Access
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,600
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pillsbury United Communities AKA Pillsbury House Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Pillsbury House Theatre will support 24 artists living on twenty different blocks in four underserved neighborhoods. Artists will meet neighbors on their blocks and engage them in arts activities. A culminating Culture Crawl will engage the wider public.
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
Kjellgren Alkire: Artist and researcher; faculty member, Saint Mary's University Winona; Adam Courville: Arts educator and manager, puppeteer; studying for master''s in nonprofit management at Hamline; Shelley Johnson: Theater and dance teacher at Franklin Middle School; Cheryl Kessler: Founder and principal evaluator, Blue Scarf Consulting, LLC; Jessica O'Brien: Associate director, Minnesota Council of Churches’ Mankato refugee services; Dameun Strange: Bush Foundation Community Innovation Team member
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$99,600
Other Funds Leveraged
$38,050
Direct expenses
$137,650
Administration costs
$17,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
1.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Participation in ART BLOCKS will increase ACCESS, ATTACHMENT and AGENCY for artists and residents of four underserved neighborhoods. Attendance records, demographics, participant surveys, mapping attachment, artist post interviews, and artist written reflections will tell us who participated and how participation affected them.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Participants and artists reported they believe the Art Blocks program increases access to art in their lives and attachment to each other. Attendance records (reported by staff and Art Blocks Artists), demographics, participant surveys, mapping attachment, artist post-interviews, and artist written reflections via Survey Monkey.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Cordelia Anderson, Pam Arnold, Chanda Smith Baker, John Humleker, Jim Langemo, Marianne Merriman, Sarah Milligan-Toffler, Eric Mueller, Julia Sand, Norah Shapiro, Nedy Windham, Faysal Abraham, Andy Augustine, Lindsay L. Benjamin, Marni Bumstead, Dr. Laura Bloomberg, Will Clarke, Molly Haney, Taylor Harwood, Chris Huset, Mahrous Kahndil, Travis Leonard, Kenji Okumura, Amit Patel, Raj Patel, Adam Patil, Lisa Sayles-Adams, Norah Shapiro, Jeff Steinle
Project Manager
First Name
Noël
Last Name
Raymond
Organization Name
Pillsbury United Communities AKA Pillsbury House Theatre
Street Address
3501 Chicago Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 787-3620
Email
raymondn@puc-mn.org
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