Arts Access Grant (B)

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Bemidji Community Arts Council, Inc AKA Watermark Art Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2023
End Date
June 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Hubbard
Itasca
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Mahnomen
Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Hubbard
Itasca
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Mahnomen
Project Overview

Arts Access Grant (B)

Project Details

Funds will allow Watermark Art Center to pay artist honorariums for lectures and workshops and help support expenses incurred in the preparation and implementation of exhibit installation, including shipping, travel and lodging expenses.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Anna Larson, arts appreciator; C.T. Marhula, arts advocate; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Katie Larson, theater artist; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Germaine Riegert, literary artist and arts appreciator;

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, and R2AC Board Member; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Katie Larson, theater artist and R2AC Board Member; Becky Colebank, visual artist, author, and R2AC board member; Arlene Kandert, arts appreciator; Ann Marie Newman, writer, storyteller, and theater artist; Kay Kallos, arts advocate and retired public art consultant; Eve Sumsky, fiber artist and musician.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,168
Direct expenses
$9,168
Administration costs
$1,800
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this program, artists will experience an improvement in situation/condition by interacting directly with audience members and receiving compensation for presenting their work for exhibit, for travel expenses, teaching honorariums and in-person artist presentations. Evaluation methods include a survey administered post activity to measure to what degree exhibiting artists felt that their situation was changed; improved or stabalized.

Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this program, artists experienced an improvement in situation/condition by interacting directly with audience members and receiving compensation for presenting their work for exhibit, for travel expenses, teaching honorariums and in-person

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Marilyn Mille, Mike Ohl, Cindy Haley, Ann Gorman, Lorie Yourd, Patricia Kelly, Eric Carlson, Gillian Bedford, Nyleta Belgarde , Michael Lyons, Kristin Majkrzak
Project Manager
First Name
Lori
Last Name
Forshee-Donnay
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