Arts Activities Support

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,698

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

LegUp Studio

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2012

End Date

August 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for a series of four sessions of printmaking activities with youth experiencing homelessness. Activities will take place at the LegUp print studio in Northeast Minneapolis and other metro locations beginning in October 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Beth Burns: marketing, administration, organizational development, theatre, music, literature; Christine Knutson: administration, fundraising, music; Donna Bachman: administration, youth programming, dance, theatre; Kate Walker: artistic, finance, music; Karis Sloss: artist, education, youth programming, dance, theatre, music; Alan Berks: artist, audience development, education, theatre, literature, community arts; Robert Shoemaker: administration, music; Ann Benrud: marketing, fundraising, organizational development, visual arts, design arts, media arts; Jessica Brooks: marketing, youth programming, organizational development, craft arts, music, theatre.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,698

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,849

Direct expenses

$14,547

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Youth will have new medium for self-expression, potential employment qualifications; artists and organization will have an expanded community.Youth Advisory Committee will evaluate degree of achievement of goals.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Youth experiencing homelessness were introduced to printmaking techniques; programming was so successful additional educational opportunities were added to further the curriculum.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Lauren Schuppe, Gilpin Matthews, Edie Overturf, Natasha Pestich, Andy McInnis, Joshua Norton

Project Manager

Edie

Overturf

LegUp Studio

681 17th Ave NE Ste 119

Minneapolis

55413