Flexible Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Young Artists Initiative
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2021
End Date
January 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Flexible Support

Project Details

A Place to Belong - Young Artists Initiative's 2021 Fall Theatre Experience

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

Breanna Cecile, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Education, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Daniela Bianchini, Artistic, Education, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Jes Reyes, Disabilities Specialist, General Administration, Artistic; Mally Watkins, Artistic, Education, Community Education.

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 ; Reviewing recorded information or documentation (such as finances, attendance records, work plans) ; Surveying (paper or online)

Measurable Outcome(s)

Outcomes were successfully met because of, not in spite of, our need to pivot to a virtual production in response to COVID safety precautions, allowing a wide variety of participants to safely access vital arts programming in a time where that outlet was so desperately needed by the youth involved. By offering this unique virtual experience also we believe we were able to honor the goal of Arts Access by changing attitudes among the artistic staff and youth involved as to the value of making art through creative and non-traditional methods - proving you can have art while still protecting health and safety. Outcomes were measured through interviews/surveys with those who participated and their families, feedback from staff at community organizations we partnered with, and documentation of attendance records.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Michael Carlson, Timothy Moy, Mollie Miller, Jared Gray, Tommy Lang, Clara Kennedy, Ben Eng, Katherine Carlson, Robyn Wheeler- Berdahl, Matt Berdahl, Sarah Kraning, Paige Batcha-Magill, Miriam Ackerman, Ansa Akyea, Carl Levi, Mason Schlinsog
Project Manager
First Name
Matthew
Last Name
Berdahl
Organization Name
Young Artists Initiative
Street Address
463 Maria Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55106
Phone
(701) 306-2905
Email
info@youngartistsmn.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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

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