Flexible Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Voices of Hope Prison Choir
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Flexible Support

Project Details

Voices of Hope Commissioning Project

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner; Amanda Cortes: Artspace and Springboard for the Arts; Paul Creager: Square Lake Film and Music Festival Founder and Director; Adrienne Doyle: Juxtaposition Arts Tactical Lead and Development Associate; Craig Dunn: Access Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Interdisciplinary Artist and Sparkle Theatricals Creative Creative Director; Ryan-Olivia McCoy: Black Label Movement and Shapeshift dancer; Christal Moose: Native Arts Collaborative Agency and Native Pride Productions, Inc. Arts Manager and Artist; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Independent Consultant; Andrea Sjogren: Community Education; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Sara Wilson: Lommen Abdo P.A. Attorney; Kate Walker: Valley Chamber Chorale Singer; Lauren White: Augsburg College Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Basil Considine, Artistic, Education, General Management/ Administration/ Support; Dustin Steuck, Artistic, General Management/Administration/Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Kim Peterson, Organizational Development, General Administration, Volunteerism; Mitchell Frazier, Technical Production, Education, Artistic; Nicole Hoesktra-Voves, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Education, Artistic; Nouf Saleh, Artistic, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Rachel Castro.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$0
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

A reduction in geographic, cultural and/or physical barriers to arts participation; a change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition due to arts events; arts groups' are strengthened by connecting to their communities through the arts; artists expand and improve their work and the way in which they create it; artists connect to new audiences, building relationships that provide artistic growth. Interviews/Conversations with participants ; Interviews/Conversations with board/staff/leaders ; Community dialogue (group conversations with a large group) ; Reviewing recorded information or documentation (such as finances, attendance records, work plans) ; Surveying (paper or online)

Measurable Outcome(s)

The actual outcomes of our project included (a) a reduction in physical barriers to arts participation for residents of the Stillwater and Shakopee correctional facilities, who received video programming teaching them music created specifically for them and with texts by incarcerated writers, and (b) connection of 8 composers to new audiences inside correctional facilities, education for these composers about the carceral system in the U.S., and relationship-building among composers and between composers and incarcerated text-writers. Actual evaluation methods included interviews/conversations with participants (composers and some incarcerated participants), interviews/conversations with board/staff/leaders, and reviewing recorded information or documentation; due to prison barriers, we were not able to submit and receive responses to surveys from incarcerated participants by the project end date.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Tina Meckel, Jim Verhoye, Amanda Weber, Brittany Kallman Arneson, MaryLynn Mennicke
Project Manager
First Name
Amanda
Last Name
Weber
Organization Name
Voices of Hope Prison Choir
Street Address
3408 Bryant Ave S ?
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(828) 244-0676
Email
amanda.k.weber@gmail.com
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 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency