Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc AKA COMPAS
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2020
End Date
July 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Access

Project Details

COMPAS will work with adults with disabilities and five related agencies to build communities of artists through increased arts programming with professional artists, collaborative trainings, and exhibitions.

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Catherine Belleveau: Founder and artistic director, Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective; Kaitlyn Bohlin: Director of individual giving, the Loft; Dorinda Broderson: Management consultant, painter; Beatrice Rothweiler: Lawyer and nonprofit consultant; Avinash Viswanathan: Director of community engagement, Nexus Community Partners

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$12,013
Direct expenses
$87,013
Administration costs
$15,852
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

COMPAS enriches its programming to increase and deepen opportunities for adults living with a disability to meaningfully engage in the arts. We will track number of new strategies teaching artists can use to modify art creation to accommodate a variety of people, arts residencies developed, types or structure of programs we run (e.g., mentorships), and partners we engage. 2: Adults who live with a disability work with COMPAS artists and each other to increase competencies in the arts and build a community of artists. Online or verbal surveys of artists, site staff, and participants will measure changes in participants’ artistic skills, techniques, and on-going arts practice, opportunities to create art, social connections with each other and site staff.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Documented six new strategies; fifteen new residencies developed; four new program structures: online, art kits, mentorship, Idea Exchanges; five new partners. Data from teaching artists gathered through online or written surveys, email exchanges, and in-person communication. COMPAS tracked data on partners and programs in our database. 2: 100% of evals: participants increased understanding of artform and social connections increased. More than usual: people continued art after the program. Feedback from sites, TA's, and participants gathered through surveys, email and in-person communication. Feedback about continuing an arts practice was requested in comment form. That was compared to previous programs.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Susan Rotilie, Mimi Stake, Kathy Sanville, Jeff Goldenberg, Mae Brooks, Robert Erickson, Anne Hunter, Virajita Singh, Keven Ambrus, Iren Bishop, Ann Dayton, Christopheraaron Deanes, Amy Lucas, Andrew Leizens, Jessica Gessner, Elizabeth (Liz) Sheets, Walter L. Smith III, Dameun Strange, Thuong Thai, Susan Ziel, Tracy Morrow, Yvette Trotman, Louis Porter, Susan Sustacek, Greta Margaret Rudolph
Project Manager
First Name
Joan
Last Name
Linck
Organization Name
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
Street Address
475 Cleveland Ave N Ste 222
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
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
Email the Agency