Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Soo Visual Arts Center AKA SooVAC
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
January 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Untitled
Project Details
Funding for the ninth installment of the ôUntitledö exhibition series, a show curated by guest juror Chris Larson featuring fresh, under-represented and provocative art. The exhibition will take place in November and December 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Lori-Anne Williams: Development Director, AccountAbility Minnesota; Jennifer Tonko: Program Assistant, Minnesota Humanities Center; Katie Rye: Twisted Owl Marketing and Events; Michele Spaise: Artist; Carolyn Holbrook, Executive Director, SASE: The Write Place; Adriana Rimpel: Program Manager, Walker Art Center; Tom Moffatt: Supervisor, Silverwood Park; Vanessa Voskuil: Vanessa Voskuil Dance.
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
$9,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,000
Direct expenses
$15,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To create an environment where artists can connect to the community with their work and engage the public through supplemental programming; to offer emerging artists the formative experience of working together with a professional gallery.Artist feedback; audience feedback through a gallery comment book; direct feedback from board and staff; media coverage.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Thirteen emerging artists, including 11 from Minnesota, were exhibited in a competitively curated show. The exhibition was seen by an estimated 5,000 gallery visitors.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Wendy Brovold, Marc Davis, Frank Grazzini II, Jason Howard, Jeff Johnson, Michael Jones, Las Mason, Herman Milligan, Craig Seacotte, Cherie Shoquist, Scott Conlin, Julie Kucinski, Masami Kawazato, Paul Schumacher, Sam Selvaggio, Joline Zepcevski
Project Manager
First Name
Carolyn
Last Name
Payne
Organization Name
Soo Visual Arts Center AKA SooVAC
Street Address
2638 Lyndale Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 871-2263
Email
carolyn@soovac.org
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