Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

City of Northfield AKA Northfield Arts and Culture Commission

Recipient Type

Local/Regional Government

Status

Completed

Start Date

January 2013

End Date

September 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Dakota

Dodge

Fillmore

Freeborn

Goodhue

Mower

Olmsted

Rice

Wabasha

Winona

Project Overview

Northfield Sidewalk Public Poetry Project 2013

Project Details

Northfield Sidewalk Public Poetry Project 2013.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Andrea Costopoulos: Rochester Arts Council; Hal Cropp: Commonweal Theatre; Daved Driscoll: Northland Words; Drue Fergison: musicologist; Ryan Heinritz: Paradise Center; Teresa Kauffmann: photographer; Paula Michel: Harmony Arts Board; Connie Nelson: music educator; Judy Saye-Willis: fiber artist; Steve Schmidt: City of Rochester Music Department; Deborah Wasmund: mosaic artist.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Scott Anderson: musician; Marta Biitner: visual artist; Elizabeth Bucheit: goldsmith; Alan Calavano: musician, historian; Judy Hickey: theatre artist; Carolyn Hiller: arts administrator; Jane Olive: dancer; Kathy Rush: theatre; Philip Taylor: visual artist; Tom Willis: potter.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Yes

Conflict of Interest Contact

Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Robin Pearson (507) 281-4848

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

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,090

Direct expenses

$11,090

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We expect that poets will enjoy the experience of creating the work, and further expect that residents and students will realize that they are potential poets. The capstone event will bring poets and others together to celebrate the work at an enlivening reading.Counting the number of people who submit poems and the number of poems submitted is a concrete measure of success. We will track the amount of media coverage, number and relative enthusiasm of volunteer support, participation and responses from an evaluation survey.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We increased the number of poem submissions over last year, increased quality of winning poems by attestation of a panel of jurors, installed winning poems in sidewalks in historic downtown, and surveyed downtown business owners to evaluate the value to them and the results were made public.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Christie Clarke, Dan Dressen, Bonnie Jean Flom, Steve Richardson, Leslie Schultz, Philip Spensley, Tim Vick

Project Manager

Tim

Madigan

City of Northfield AKA Northfield Arts and Culture Commission

801 Washington St

Northfield

55057-2598