Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
ArtStart
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
March 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Hennepin
Project Overview
ScrapMobile
Project Details
Funding for the 2012-2013 ScrapMobile program, including the expansion to six new public housing sites and three new Park and Recreation Centers. Activities will take place between July 2012 and March 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Elin Anderson: Sound Designer, Park Square Theatre; Scott Pakudaitis: Board President, Bedlam Theatre; Pat Teiken: Executive Director, Twin Cities Womens' Choir; Janna Knittel: Institutional Giving Manager, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Amy Rummenie: Artistic Director, Walking Shadow Theater Company; Joe Hagedorn: artist, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet; Bill Cottman: Artistic Director, Salon 106; Steve Busa: Artistic Director, Red Eye Collaboration; Rebecca Cline: Assistant Director of Development, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$21,950
Direct expenses
$31,950
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To expand opportunities for underserved youth to participate in arts programming that promotes creativity and skills; to increase the community's awareness of the potential of scraps and discards to be used for art making; for youth to develop increased ability to express ideas and feelings openly and thoughtfully.Pre and post surveys of participants; attendance; changes in individual attitudes about using reusable materials; evidence of design and craftsmanship.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Through weekly workshops at three Park and Rec sites in Minneapolis and St. Paul and three public housing sites new to the ArtStart organization, approximately 1000 youth participated in art making activities using reuse and discards as well as traditiona
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Barb Fleig, Janice Hamilton, James Terrell, Lois Eliason, Carol Sirrine, Engin Wedin
Project Manager
First Name
Carol
Last Name
Sirrine
Organization Name
ArtStart
Street Address
1459 St Clair Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55105-2338
Phone
(651) 698-2787
Email
carol@artstart.org
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