Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Impact Services
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2022
End Date
November 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Hennepin
Anoka
Hennepin
Project Overview

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Project Details

Impact Services will offer Voices of Impact, a choir for people living with memory loss or dementia and their caregivers, using music to open memory, encourage group activities, and build community.

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

Rachel Carlson: Rachel Coyne is a writer and painter from Lindstrom, MN. Her books include Daughter, Have I Told You?, Whiskey Heart, The Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake and the YA Antigone Ravynn Chronicles. Her painting have been featured in journals such as Fatal flaw, the Emerson Review, Hole in the Head and many others.; Joshua Gillespie: Gillespie is a local Black Storyteller and a Leadership Scholarship Program Director. He is passionate about the local art community as a Minnesota native and actively participates in the creative sphere. He has volunteered as a grant reviewer in the past, and he hopes to continue learning about the process and improve his own grant writing abilities. He is dedicated to the work and committed to the process.; Jane Nelson: Jane Becker Nelson is Director and Curator of Flaten Art Museum at St. Olaf College, where she oversees the museum?s collections and exhibitions and serves as a specialist in and advocate for visual teaching and learning. Becker Nelson has worked in museums and galleries across the U.S. and Canada, serving as curator, educator, gallery manager, and fundraiser at institutions including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Walker Art Center, Groveland Gallery, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Seattle Art Museum, and Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Ontario. Her major fields of interest include contemporary art in northern North America, museum studies, and curatorial practice. Exhibitions such as The Making Known (2022), Meg Ojala: I Want to Show You Something (2018), She Gone Rogue (2014), and Re-framing Terrorism (2011) exemplify Becker Nelson?s interest in art and contemporary culture, and a drive to connect exhibitions with curricular interests in higher education. Becker Nelson holds a BA in studio art and art history from St. Olaf College and an MA in art history from Queen?s University in Kingston, Ontario. She is a Minnesota state representative to the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) and presents regularly at their annual conferences.

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
$12,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$12,000
Administration costs
$500
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Each member is greeted by Choir Director with check in on well-being. Members engaged in positive experiences through music are invigorated. Welcome and check in with each member is done at each rehearsal. Members facing various life experiences are given sharing time with the choir group. Feeling of isolation lessens, the choir creates community, fellowship at rehearsal and performances.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Members were welcomed individually by Director Phelps and VOI Volunteers, checking on their well-being. Some sharing personal stories with the group. Members are welcomed individually by Director Phelps and volunteers, checking on their well-being. This check-in method, used by Director Phelps since the start of the Choir, leads to a positive outcome for members during and after rehearsal.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes.
Recipient Board Members
Paula Coffey, Amy Weber-DeRaad, Mike Vant, Tom Ostdiek, Pete Samson, Darrin Ellestad, Jack Benson.
Project Manager
First Name
Elaine
Last Name
Gregorich
Organization Name
Impact Services
Street Address
7590 Lyric Ln Room 228
City
Fridley
State
MN
Zip Code
55432
Phone
(763) 236-8718
Email
elaine@impactservicesmn.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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