Arts Activities Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Art ASAP, Incorporated

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2014

End Date

July 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for The Bus Stops Here, a series of free art classes for kids from Hopkins' Renaissance Court and Raspberry Ridge housing units, conducted on a mobile studio in a converted bus. The summer 2014 program will culminate in an exhibition of student portfolios.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Elin Anderson: Artistic; Betsy Mowry: Administration, Youth Programming, Community Service; Joseph Hagedorn: Marketing, Organizational Planning, Education; Angela Bernhardt: Fundraising, General Management, Community Service; Sue Crolick: Administration; Ian Plitnick: Administration, Fundraising; Cathy Gustafson: Administration, Education.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$15,000

Direct expenses

$25,000

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Strip the interior of a Metro Transit Authority bus and transform it into a mobile art studio! Targeting underserved youth (approximately 40 students) living in Hopkins, Minnesota, youth receive quality arts programming on The Art Bus. This will provide a creative and constructive outlet through the art-making process by exposing arts learners to professional teaching artists-mentors. From this project they will receive a tangible take-away: their own art portfolio.Our evaluation plan is comprised of daily rubrics filled out by teachers that have numerical values attributed to the development of desired skills, such as shading or incorporation of a personal narrative in a piece. This is paired with weekly self-evaluations completed by the students that assess their comfort and confidence as artists and individuals.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

John M Roth, Kenneth Stewart, Autry Beamon, Gregory PW Hunt, David Brancheau, Mary Carroll

Project Manager

Mary

Carroll

Art ASAP, Incorporated

4849 Colfax Ave S

Minneapolis

55419