Community Arts

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,985

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Ebenezer Society Foundation

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2016

End Date

September 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for a four-week public art project during which senior residents will work with public artist Anne Krocak to create individual sculptures that reflect their origins. These same images will then be incorporated in a large concrete sculpture permane

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Carolyn Phelps; Administration, audience development, fundraising; Pat Teiken: Administration, fundraising, organizational development; Laura Krider: General administration; Ben Layne: Artistic, administration, computer systems; Djenane Saint Juste: Artistic, Community Education, youth programming; Katherine Smith-Flores: Education, administration; Pa Na Lor: Artistic, education, youth programming; Laney Ohmans: Audience development, computer systems, fundraising.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,985

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,180

Direct expenses

$7,165

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The sculpture project will build community by encouraging residents to engage with others and share their stories. It will also exhibit the communities’ diversity by exhibiting the diverse origins, beliefs, and experiences of residents. Working together, residents will create a large, artistic, permanent symbol of the community. Ebenezer Minneapolis’ Coordinator of Life Long Learning will oversee evaluation of residents’ experiences and survey for program satisfaction. Results guide program improvement and help to inform future Ebenezer’s Life Long Learning programs.

Measurable Outcome(s)

More than 35 people participated in this project ensuring a beautiful and successful project. Everyone who stopped by, created or shared in the community did so in a way to express themselves in their own way by making beautiful sculpture. More than 50 people came to the unveiling celebration, and more than 50 people are welcomed home by this sculpture in from of their building each and every day.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Maggie Collins, Kent Eklund, Thomas R Hokr, Richard Howard, Shary Mulhere, Deborah Paone, Jeanne Ripley, John Selstad, Mark F Thomas

Project Manager

Dana

Gillespie

Ebenezer Society Foundation

2344 Energy Park Dr

St Paul

55108