Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,840
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis American Indian Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2017
End Date
September 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Preserving Native Traditional Arts II: Porcupine Quillwork.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; 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; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Erica Lee: Education; Maya Weisinger: Community development, community education, marketing; Linda Scott: Artistic, education; Crystal Brinkman: Youth programming, artistic; Christian Novak: Fundraising, marketing; Nadine Sehnert: Youth programming, artistic; Mike Newman: Education, organizational development; Heather Beal: Fundraising, audience development, organizational planning.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,840
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,370
Direct expenses
$12,210
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Twenty (20) adults and ten (10) youth will participate in ten (10) Traditional Porcupine Quillwork learning session and up to twelve (12) open-studio work sessions with an Elder and assistant who will teach those adults and youth about working with porcupine quills, including the process of sorting, dying, creating designs and completing pieces of artwork unique to Native culture. One (1) final event to be held in the Two Rivers Art Gallery will display the completed projects of participants. The number of participants in each class session, the number of participants attending the field trips and audience/participant count at the final event will be documented. In addition, Porcupine Quillwork Learning Session participants will complete a retrospective post-survey where they will talk about what they have learned, the art piece they made in class and its significance/importance.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Forty people signed up for Porcupine Quillwork Learning Sessions and twenty participants followed attended sessions and completed pieces.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Sam Olbekson, Mark Erickson, Gerald Auginash, Dawn Paro, David Cournoyer, Monic Flores, Richard Masur, Cecilia Martinez
Project Manager
First Name
Mary
Last Name
LaGarde
Organization Name
Minneapolis American Indian Center
Street Address
1530 Franklin Ave E
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55404-2136
Phone
(612) 879-1700
Email
mpirjevec@maicnet.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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency