Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lee Carlson Center Mental Health and Well-Being
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for a series of free visual art classes focusing on a study of portraits for adults living with mental illness. The series will culminate in an exhibit displayed at various locations in Anoka County.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Emily Foxen: Events Coordinator, Weisman Art Museum; Julie Kuenzel: Community Education, District 108; Larry Pint: New Prague Arts Council; Bob Thomas: Chaska Valley Theater; Mary Jo Truchon: Blaine Arts Council; Justine Pearson: Intern, Minnesota Public Radio; Jeanne Schwartz: Rosemount Area Arts Council; Kay Augustine: Director of Arts Education, Iowa Arts Council.
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
$1,800
Direct expenses
$6,800
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To increase the artistic abilities of Bridgeview Artists, who live with serious and persistent mental illness.Attendance records; number of artists' pieces in exhibits; awards; pieces sold; staff observations of artistic growth.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Forty-seven artists living with serious and persistent mental illness participated in 208 hours of study, culminating in two gallery shows exhibiting over 120 works of original art. Classes focused on developing skills in portraiture.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Dale Jensen, Sue Butler, Mary Beth Siembeck, Eric Carlson, Marie Anderson, Steve Nicol, Gretchen Zunkel, Maurice Holloman, Tonya Rowe
Project Manager
First Name
Helen
Last Name
Hartley
Organization Name
Lee Carlson Center Mental Health and Well-Being
Street Address
7954 University Ave NE
City
Fridley
State
MN
Zip Code
55432
Phone
(763) 783-7440
Email
helenhartley@aol.com
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