Equipment/Facilities Improvement

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,422

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minnesota Pottery Festival

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2015

End Date

September 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

McLeod

Meeker

Wright

Hennepin

Ramsey

Carver

Scott

Kandiyohi

Renville

Project Overview

Equipment/Facilities Improvement

Project Details

2015 Minnesota Pottery Festival supplies

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Jane Link: visual artist, Milan Village Arts School founding member, Milan Community Education, Greater Milan Initiative; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council Advisory Board; Kate Aydin: retired educator, developed a curriculum focused on the visual arts, literature, and modern and traditional music of Spain and Latin America; Paula Nemes: musician, librarian, former coordinator of the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, Marshall Area Stage Company; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, founding member and president, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Susan Marco: writer, former high school English and creative writing teacher; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, board member Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: visual artist, musician, theater, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County board; Dana Johnson: producer/filmmaker; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association, Plum Creek Food Co-op, visual artist, musician; Scott Tedrick: journalist, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization, theatre director/actor;

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,422

Other Funds Leveraged

$355

Direct expenses

$1,777

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The objective is to have the Minnesota Pottery Festival become a part of Hutchinson's efforts to become a center for a variety of fine craft, realizing the long term goal of having the arts become a significant part of the city's economy and a model for accomplishing the same in other towns and cities. Volunteers will do one-on-one interviews with visitors. These interview results will be hand collated and reviewed by the Board as part of the annual assessment. Foci of the evaluation will be: visitor experience, visitor knowledge impact, geographical source, economic impact at the Festival and in the community, and festival operations recommendations. Exhibitor research will include: General festival experience, Sales, Economic impact, Operations suggestions.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1400 visitors, 24 potters from 11 states, Artists housed with locals gives great exposure to 10 families. Results from Patron Interviews.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Betsy Price, Tom Wirt, Kerry Brooks, Tim Ulrich, Morgan Jindrich

Project Manager

Betsy

Price

Minnesota Pottery Festival

17614 240th St