Community Arts Support Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,272
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Northern Artist Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2022
End Date
January 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Project Overview

Community Arts Support Grant

Project Details

Funds will provide operating support for Northern Artist Association over a two year period.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Anna Larson, arts appreciator; C.T. Marhula, arts advocate; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Katie Larson, theater artist; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Germaine Riegert, literary artist and arts appreciator;

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Gayle Gish, R2AC board chair and arts advocate; Pam Janssen, R2AC board member, visual artist, and woodcarver; C.T. Marhula, R2AC board member and arts advocate; Susan Olin, musician; Germaine Riegert, literary artist and arts appreciator; Natalie Grosfield, literary and theater artist; Laura Grisamore, photographer and arts advocate.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,272
Other Funds Leveraged
$54,507
Direct expenses
$58,780
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Regional residents experience increased access to the arts and arts activity via the active presence of a gallery in our downtown. Evaluation methods include surveys administered by individual instructors to measure impact of class offerings to regional residents as well as questionnaires given to visiting artists who take part in the visiting showcase artist program at Gallery North.

Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this funding, the NAA was able to fund its cooperative art gallery in order to keep the doors open so that local residents and artists would be able to peruse art as well as take art classes (many of them free of charge) increasing thier kn

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Grace Garland, Ron Lyman, Les Sanders, Alice LaCouisere, Mary Knox-Johnson, Marion Caroline Reil, Kathy Sanders, Dee Dee Narum
Project Manager
First Name
Grace
Last Name
Garland
Organization Name
Northern Artist Association
Street Address
310 4th St
City
Bemidji
State
MN
Zip Code
56601
Phone
(218) 759-2952
Email
garland@paulbunyan.net
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 693
505 Bemidji Ave N
Bemidji, MN 56601

Phone
Project Manager: Patrick Calder Carriere
(218) 751-5447
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