Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Edge of the Big Woods Art Wander
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2016
End Date
September 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Carver
Carver
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for The Edge of the Big Woods Art Wander, a self-guided tour featuring 35 artists in 17 studios located throughout Carver County that will take place in September 2016.
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
Kathy Mattson: Organizational development, volunteerism, fundraising; Hayley Johnson: Audience development, fundraising, administration; Erin Gardner: Artistic, disabilities specialist, Community Education; Robert Cuerden: Audience development, fundraising, organizational development; Janelle Doyle: Education, Community Education, youth programming; Dave Browne: Fundraising, general administration, youth programming; Kathleen James: Youth programming, administration, audience development; Noel Nix: Community service, administration, organizational development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$9,300
Direct expenses
$14,300
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To attract 1,000 attendees to our event with 35 artists, of a variety of disciplines, participating. Our surveys will show that 95% of our attendees will have had a positive experience. We plan to evaluate our event by attendance count at each of our studio locations. We also plan to evaluate our event through a survey attached to our Wander and Win drawing.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We achieved our goal of opening up artists' studios around Carver County and exposing our guests to the creative process that these artist engage. We felt that studio's providing an opportunity to see how the artists' work was created was a positive. Many people are interested in how things are made and the environment in which they are created. I believe the Art Wander has hit on a formula that works, as we are asked yearly to keep up the work. Many people are already asking when next year's event will be held and have attended yearly as they enjoy the encounters with the working artists. We wanted to reach out and engage some new artists with some new medium. We engaged 10 new artists this year as well as adding a fiber artist this year. We increased the diversity of our artists within the different media as well. Another of our intention this year was to reach out with marketing efforts to draw in art supporters/lovers from a wider circle outside of Carver County. We did this with minimal success. Our overall numbers remained the same and our guests came from within Carver County or from the neighboring counties. We estimate that 1000 people attended the Art Wander event visiting one or more of the 17 studios. Guest surveys showed that 98% of respondents enjoyed the event and requested we maintain the event in the years to come.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jeff Lenzmeier, Jennifer Ionta, Katie Trent, Peter Potter, Cynthia Anderson, Rhonda Tesch
Project Manager
First Name
Jeff
Last Name
Lenzmeier
Organization Name
Edge of the Big Woods Art Wander
Street Address
420 Lake St E
City
Waconia
State
MN
Zip Code
55387
Phone
(612) 201-8989
Email
pbraunwarth@aol.com
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