Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Metro Work Center, Inc.

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2014

End Date

May 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for a group sculpture project created under the direction of artist Sara Hanson, providing adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to experience the metal sculpture process, while gaining skills from tactile and social interactions. The project will culminate in a public sculpture to be displayed at the organization's Minneapolis location.

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

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

$4,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,176

Direct expenses

$5,176

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Up to 15 otherly-abled persons with Autism, Downs Syndrome or other intellectual disabilities will participate in completing a metal sculpture project. Discussions with the participants or care givers show that 100% of the consumers working on the project will, for the first time, have participated in creating this metal sculpture art form, increasing their life experiences.Completion of the sculpture process by otherly-abled adults. Individual input (behavioral and verbal, where possible) from individual participants. Post-completion input (verbal) from consumers, guardians and others in the individuals' life circle.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The most significant outcome from the project was the participation of 45 artists rather than the originally projected 15. Working with the artist Sara Hanson, we were able to design a project for all the consumers in the program using the same amount of aluminum originally projected. In essence the most important goal of the project, consumer participation in an art experience, was tripled.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Boyd Malo, Ben Coauette, Elizabeth Burmeister, Rhoda Becklund, Tom LaMere, Angela Henderson, Shirley Cavallaro, John Maciejny

Project Manager

Charles

Crowley

Metro Work Center, Inc.

2730 E 31st St

Minneapolis

55406