Establishing a Micro-Press to Publish Incarcerated Writers
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$113,120
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop
Status
In Progress
Start Date
May 2024
End Date
December 2025
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Project Overview
This project will create a new, ongoing program that would publish the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers. The books published by the micro-press would allow audiences to see these writers first not as criminals but as innovative, gifted artists with a valuable perspective to add to the discourse.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2024 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
M.L. 2023, Regular Session, Chapter 40, Article 4, Section 2, Subd. 8
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$113,120
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Recipient Board Members
Michael Kleber-Diggs (President), Bethany Whitehead (Vice President), Chris Fischbach (Treasurer), Charlene Charles, V.V. Ganeshananthan, MA, MFA, Kevin Reese, Amirah Ellison, Paul Van Dyke
Project Manager
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