Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
TuckUnder Projects
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
December 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for the TuckUnder Project, a series of site-specific visual art exhibitions and community arts programming. Exhibitions will take place at the TuckUnder site in Minneapolis throughout 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 & Performer; Kathy Busch; Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain; MN Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager; St. Paul Public Schools Administrator; Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell; Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson; ISD 112 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 & Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge; ArtReach St. Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka; Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck; Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange; Composer & Performer; Melissa Wright; William Mitchell College of Law
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Stacey Poirer: Artistic, General Management; James Lekvin: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Shauna Dee: General Management; Laura Narhi: Fundraising, General Management; Risheka Remus: General Management; Alison Schaub: General Management, Community Service, Organizational Development; Donna Saul Millen: General Management, Organizational Development, Volunteerism; Colleen McLaughlin: Fundraising, General Management, Organizational Development; Sara Zanussi: General Management, Education.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,250
Direct expenses
$6,250
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Tuckunder Projects believes that there will be approximately 15 artists served and 250 audience members served by this project. Tuckunder's third year of art programming will include five interior main gallery exhibits, five Leaky Sink Gallery exhibits, several exterior site projects, and one Raspberry Patch Residency that engage the local Fulton community with under recognized local and regional emerging artists and curators working in visual arts, video, site specific sculpture, and installation.TuckUnder plans a small range of evaluation methods including audience/participant head counts at openings and gallery appointments/open hours, an audience/participant end of year survey (Survey Monkey), online socio-media questions via Tumblr/Twitter/Facebook, post-exhibition feedback from artists, and internal audience feedback/comment jar.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We had 5 platforms of 20 artists over 7 months. Audience was approximately 500 viewers. TuckUnder had 1 solo, 2 duo shows, 1 group show, and 1 solo gallery/yard show, 1 temporary yard install, 3 LS solo shows, 2 LS performances, 2 kitchen performances, a 5 month outside install project, a 6 month sculpture project, and a 6 month Raspberry Residency, 1 alley garage video install, 1 poetry reading and 1 film screening.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Pete Driessen, Pamela Gaard, Frank Gaard, Sarah Schultz, Joseph Smith, Scott Stulen, Aaron Van Dyke
Project Manager
First Name
Pete
Last Name
Driessen
Organization Name
TuckUnder Projects
Street Address
5120 York Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55410
Phone
(612) 719-7377
Email
info@tuckunder.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