Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Gateway Mural Project
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
September 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
The Gateway Mural Project
Project Details
Funding for The Gateway Mural Project, a community designed and painted mural serving the Southeast Como and Marcy Holmes neighborhoods. The design workshops and painting of the mural will take place in spring 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Laura Narhi: Vice President, Minnesota Symphonic Winds; Daniel Pinkerton: Impresario, Fortunes' Fool; Curt Lund: Marketing and Communications, Minnesota Center for Books Arts; Jamil Dwan Jude: Producer in Residence, Mixed Blood Theatre; Thomas Borger: Communications and Marketing Manager, The Playwrights' Center; Brittany Kallman Ameson: Development Associate, Jungle Theater; Karen Goodenough: Program Manager, Capri Arts; Charles Campbell: Artistic Director, Skewed Visions; Kayin Gⁿlgⁿn: Managing Director, Skewed Visions.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 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
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,910
Direct expenses
$12,910
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Southeast Como/Marcy Holmes residents will have the opportunity to participate in a community mural, creating a work of art and strengthening community identity.Feedback from residents at final community celebration; assessment of number and diversity of participants.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Engaged over 200 participants in the design and painting of a 2,300 sq. ft. community mural to both beautify a section of 15th Avenue in Southeast Minneapolis, and to strengthen the relationships between transient University of Minnesota students and long
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Ryan Pusch, Carly Schmitt, Sara Kathryn Udvig, Adam Arling, Ardes Johnson, Lila Smith, Susan Hsiu-fang Liu, Christine VeLure Roholt, Laura Cayere-King, Dylan Woehrle, Elissa Crowley, Joe Radaich, Skott Johnson, Nick Nelson
Project Manager
First Name
Sara
Last Name
Udvig
Organization Name
The Gateway Mural Project
Street Address
2021 31st Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(262) 707-3038
Email
gatewaymuralproject@gmail.com
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