Arts Experiences

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Off-Leash Area: Contemporary Performance Works AKA Off-Leash Area
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
May 2024
End Date
April 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Experiences

Project Details

Off-Leash Area will increase connection, participation and visibility with the disability community, an important and growing constituency of the organization, through its core community programs: Off-Kilter, and the Neighborhood Garage Tour.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Stephanie Hunder: Stephanie Hunder is a printmaker and mixed media artist originally from Rochester, MN. She has taught visual arts in the Twin Cities for over 20 years, currently at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She received her BFA and MA from the University of Wisconsin?Madison, and her MFA from Arizona State University. Recent activities include solo exhibitions at the at the Priebe Gallery at UW-Oshkosh, Bloomington Art Center, and Gordon Parks Gallery of Metro State University. Recent group exhibitions include Printmaking: A Social Practice at UW Madison, and Optical Impermanence at the IMPACT conference in Bristol, UK.; Melinda Ludwiczak: Ludwiczak, is a retired librarian, who has coordinated legacy fund programming for 100 MELSA libraries from 2009-2015, creating partnerships with teaching artists, performers, authors, and arts and cultural organizations. She served on the Minneapolis Arts Commission for nine years, serving on several public art selection panels. She volunteered for grant review panels for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. An arts enthusiast, Ludwiczak frequents live performances, visual arts exhibitions, art festivals, and film screenings.; Cynthia McEwen Haynes: Cyd Haynes has 3 decades of experience in theatre as a director and playwright. She helped establish the only bi-lingual theatre in the Midwest that features both deaf and hearing actors, sign language and English onstage. She is grantwriter and non-profit arts leader who proudly calls MN...home. ; Margie Melaniphy: Melaniphy is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner of Proven Behavioral Health, a private practice specializing in helping people with anxiety disorders live fuller lives. She began her career as a magazine writer and editor and has also worked as a director of a nonprofit, helping creative people learn to become successful business owners in the beauty industry.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2023 regular session, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$35,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artists will be empowered in creating and performing their own work, and audiences' experience will be enhanced through that diversity. Outcome will be evaluated through encounters with the audience, feedback with artists, meetings with the OLA Board, OK Leadership Team, and NGT hosts; survey data (filled out by 80% of participants), box office data, and more.

Project Manager
First Name
Jennifer
Last Name
Ilse
Organization Name
Off-Leash Area: Contemporary Performance Works AKA Off-Leash Area
Street Address
3540 34th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 724-7372
Email
offleash@offleasharea.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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