Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Recipient
Bemidji Community Arts Council, Inc AKA Watermark Art Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
February 2024
End Date
January 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Beltrami
Beltrami
Project Overview

Arts Access

Project Details

Funds will assist Watermark Art Center to hire artists, provide supplies, and keep student fees affordable for their ?Art in Nature? workshop program.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Anna Larson, singer-songwriter and visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Shawna Wendler, arts reporter for local paper; Georgia Connelly, visual artist; Laurie Turner, art appreciator and arts advocate.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Anna Larson, singer-songwriter, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Shawna Wendler, arts reporter for local paper and R2AC Board Member; Kay Kallos, arts advocate and retired public art consultant; Mary Therese, past R2AC Artist Fellow, painter, and batik artist; Ann Marie Newman, writer, storyteller, and theater artist; Deedee Narum, visual artist; Darcy Bambrink, visual artist; Paul Dove, artistic director of Northern Light Opera Company and retired professor of music; Connie Nunemaker, musician; Isabelle Harmon, visual artist; Eve Sumsky, fiber artist and musician; Arlene Kandert, arts appreciator;

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,525
Direct expenses
$8,525
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this program, participants in Art in Nature workshops will experience increased knowledge, skills, and awareness by connecting to nature through art as guided by selected teaching artists/naturalists. Evaluation methods include participant surveys, observation, and informal critique administered during and after classes to measure knowledge, skill, and awareness in participants who are young adults, ages 15 and up, to adults.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Jill
Last Name
Neumann
Organization Name
Bemidji Community Arts Council, Inc AKA Watermark Art Center
Street Address
505 Bemidji Ave N
City
Bemidji
State
MN
Zip Code
56601
Phone
(218) 444-7570
Email
watermark@paulbunyan.net
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
Location

PO Box 693
505 Bemidji Ave N
Bemidji, MN 56601

Phone
Project Manager: Patrick Calder Carriere
(218) 751-5447
Email the Agency