Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Funding for the 25th Year of the Saint Paul Art Crawl, a three-day arts events where hundreds of artists, galleries, and local businesses open their doors for the public to view art, watch performances, interact with artists, and explore the spaces where
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair of El Arco Iris; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Bethany Whitehead: Fundraising, general management, organizational development; Alex Legeros: General management, artistic, finance; Amanda Dlouhy: Artistic, general management, organizational development; Janice Johnson: Audience development, organizational development, education; Nate Lovdahl: Fundraising, education, organizational development; Debra Stone: Artistic, education, community development; Becky Stibbe: Fundraising, audience development, general management; Patricia Vaillancourt: General management, audience development, computer systems; Teresa Mock: Artistic, audience development, organizational development.
ACHF Arts Access
Quantitative: 20,000 - 30,000 building visits, 29 open buildings, 275 different artists. Qualitative: Audience surveys show that 25-35% or respondents experienced the Art Crawl for the first time and 75-85% of artist participants respondents indicate they would like to participate in the fall Art Crawl. Audience count by door greeters at each building, audience survey at event, participant count through number of registered artists, post event on-line participant survey, post Art Crawl volunteer feedback meetings, post event report out from Art Crawl Director to the St Paul Art Crawl Board of Directors. Audience count by door greeters at each building, audience survey at event, participant count through number of registered artists, post event on-line participant survey, post Art Crawl volunteer feedback meetings, post event report out from Art Crawl Director to the St Paul Art Crawl Board of Directors.
This year we added scholarships for artists; 50% of the artists knew the scholarships were available and 92% felt that the support from the scholarships was important. We also added the full color catalog which; 29% of the artists surveyed were pleased with how much of a focus the catalog put on the artists and 23% thought the addition of the colored images was the best part of the catalog. The 25th Annual Spring Art Crawl was a success for the Saint Paul Art Collective. We had the most artist participants and attendees of any of our Art Crawls. For the 2016 Spring Art Crawl we placed a lot of emphasis on our catalog which highlights the artists participating and how to get a hold of them after the crawl. Our catalog this year was a full color book that artists could purchase space in to showcase their work. These catalogs were a big hit and were “sold” on a donation basis with an ask of $3.00 this year brought in more donations for the books than other years. We even had people calling ahead of time to secure a catalog, something that we have never had in the past. Our direct challenges come from having dedicated building organizers, we have put plans in place to have more meetings and check points to ensure that the building organizers are informed and have all they need to help make the Art Craw a success. Our surveys informed us that many volunteers were unsure what to say to people when they came to get a catalog. In response to that feedback, the Saint Paul Art Collective will also be putting together a bit of a script to help volunteers convey that the catalogs are available with an at-will donation, and if someone cannot donate they should still be given a catalog. The Saint Paul Art Crawl did meet our intended community and exceeded the number of Artist participants! Our intended audience did not vary from what we expected but we will be administering surveys to participants and to artists that will be including optional demographic information. We are doing this with the hope that we can show our work towards a more diverse and inclusive events are effective. We worked with the Show Art Gallery which was accessible to all individuals as well as with Metro Transit who provided free rides on the Saturday and Sunday of the Art Crawl. In the future we will continue to forge these partnerships, and increase our social media presence to inform those attending of the free transportation opportunities.
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