Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,285
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Documentary Empowerment Project
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
August 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for The Digital Divide Documentary Empowerment Project, a community film project involving youth of color that addresses issues of inequality in North Minneapolis. A public screening of the documentary will premiere at the Capri Theater in August 2014.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Loren Niemi: General Management, Artistic, Organizational Development; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Artistic, General Management; Jessica Briggs: Artistic, General Management; Pete Driessen: Visual Arts, Media Arts, Community Arts; Laura Leffler-McCabe: General Management; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Paul Rudoi: Artistic, General Management; Rachel Wandrei: Artistic, General Management; Joan Vorderbruggen: General Management.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,285
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,300
Direct expenses
$5,585
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
The outcomes of this project include but are not limited to 4 Youth Production Interns creating content, 3 Major Screenings with discussions, and 1,300 viewers of the documentary.Project members will count all of audience involved with screenings. We will also have the artists involved take survey evaluations.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The film and the screening was one major outcome of the project. The documentary screened for 180 audience members; the interns took an anonymous evaluation survey at the end of the project. Three out of the four interns expressed that they feel confident enough to create media and all of them expressed that they would recommend the project to other youth.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Adja Gildersleve, Andrew Lonnes, Bianca Rhodes, Joe Beck, Jordan Lee Thompson Keegan Fraley, Tou Yang
Project Manager
First Name
Adja
Last Name
Gildersleve
Organization Name
Documentary Empowerment Project
Street Address
3637 Oakland Ave S á
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 673-2492
Email
adjagildersleve@gmail.com
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