Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Armory Arts and Music Center AKA Music Resource Center-Duluth Armory
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2022
End Date
November 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Project Details

The Music Resource Center will reopen its program in person so that area teens can once again participate in an affordable and high quality after-school music education experience.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Paige Brevick: A museum professional and non-profit administrator. She has worked at major fine-arts museums, including the Art Museum of the University of Memphis. Her career in the museum industry has focused on community engagement, and has included the use of documentary film, mixed media, and performance in the reception of both contemporary and ancient art. She also serves as a grant consultant, helping arts-based organizations secure nonprofit status, identify funding sources, manage capital campaigns, and successfully execute grant-funded programming. Paige is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, and a Museum Educator at Mummies and Masterpieces.; Vernita Clinton: The founder of Recycling Art Concepts where she helps to turn paper waste into beautiful art pieces. She has made viking boats her primary art collection. She graduated from Western Illinois University with a BA in arts. She plans to turn nothing into something one day.; Elizabeth Hammel: A freelance video artist who has worked on documentary, narrative films, and dance films. Her primary interest is in following the creative process of the artist, and amplifying not just the completed work, but all the work and passion that goes into creating it. She has been lucky enough to have her documentary and dance film work has been screened at numerous film festivals, including the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. She is a company member for nimbus theater, an educator at the Bakken Museum, and the mother of a three year old.; Gregory Wilkins: Works at Minnesota State University Mankato as the associate director of the Centennial Student Union and student activities and is a working artist. He served on the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council for six years, and currently serves an elected two-year term as a curatorial panelist for Minneapolis Institute of Art?s Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program. In 2020, he served as a Poetry Out Loud judge with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. He formerly served as the director?s assistant, external affairs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC).

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$25,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
1.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

A Program Director will be hired to lead and reopen the Music Resource Center post-Covid, to provide youth music education programming The outcome of reopening the MRC youth music education program in-person will be evaluated based on its comparison to the level of student participation, and the quality and variety of programming prior to the MRC going on-line due to covid

Measurable Outcome(s)

Program Director was hired. Attendance records from pre-Covid were compared with attendance post-Covid, with over 100 students registered. Programming also expanded an additional day per week and included summer camp sessions

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes.
Recipient Board Members
Carolyn Sundquist, Laura Weintraub, Mary Ostman, tom Hollenhorst, Zane Bail, Nelson French, Roger Reinert, Deborah Scott, Sara Blanck, MikePoupore, Bob Hewitt
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Poirier
Organization Name
Armory Arts and Music Center
Street Address
1626 London Rd Ste 779
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55812
Phone
(218) 428-9686
Email
mark@dulutharmory.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
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