Community Arts Education Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Hopewell Music Cooperative North
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2018
End Date
December 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Community Arts Education Support

Project Details

The mission of Hopewell Music Cooperative North is to enrich and empower young people through accessible high quality musical arts education and performance opportunities and to enhance artistic experiences for the community of North Minneapolis.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Vicki Chepulis: Cofounder and former executive director, Trollwood Performing Arts School, Fargo-Moorhead; board member, New York Mills Regional Cultural Center; executive committee member, Rural Arts and Culture Summit; Joanna Cortright: Independent arts education consultant; Alison Good: Former commercial artist, educator and administrator; active community volunteer; Alyssa Melby: Executive director, Northfield Arts guild; Jamie Schwaba: Managing director, Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Gregory Smith: Business operations manager, the Fitzgerald Theater

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$123,769
Direct expenses
$135,769
Administration costs
$1,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Hopewell will increase access to high quality musical arts for the students and greater community of North Minneapolis. Diligent attendance records by artist/teachers; class sizes; number of contact hours; number of audience members attending concerts; measuring new enrollments in our individual lesson programming. 2: Increase effective outreach methods for our nontraditional site programming. Evaluation of current marketing effectiveness for our nontraditional site programs through surveys/ interviews. These data sets will serve to guide our marketing methods for our nontraditional sites.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Hopewell will increase access to high quality musical arts for the students and greater community of North Minneapolis. We used attendance records by artist/teachers; class size; number of contact hours; number of audience members attending concerts; number of new enrollments in our individual lesson programming. 2: Increased effective outreach methods for our nontraditional site programming. We evaluated then current marketing effectiveness for our nontraditional site programs through surveys/ interviews. These data sets served to guide our marketing methods for our nontraditional sites.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Geoff Bremner, Erin Carnish, Steve Hark, Josiah Lindstrom, Chip House, Mathew Pioske, George Sand, Lisa Keske, Kevin Tan, Kristin Karlin, Vanessa DeLaire, Austin Wiebe, Jeff Horowitz, Colin Rouser, Dayna Frank
Project Manager
First Name
Brianna
Last Name
Farah
Organization Name
Hopewell Music Cooperative North
Street Address
4350 Fremont Ave N
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55412
Phone
(612) 466-0696
Email
brianna@hopewellmusic.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