Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Prairie Renaissance Cultural Alliance AKA PRCA
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2014
End Date
May 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stevens
Stevens
Project Overview

Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

To sponsor Art Share, 11 monthly art classes for high school and adult students focusing on a variety of artistic disciplines in the coming year.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Eric Abrahamson: Business owner/painter, stage manager, actor; Pagyn Harding: literary artist, publisher/author; Mark Ryan: Plains Art Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Nancy Berns: Radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Carolyn Aarsvold: Retired elementary music educator, violinist; Tim Ray: actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Michael Eble: professor, gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris; Kari Adams: graphic designer, printmaker; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, sculptor; Jim Arvidson; Susan Anderson: Art Advocate, Theatre and Art background.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Don Clark: Minnesota State University-Moorhead Professor, photography; Eric Abrahamson: Business owner/painter, stage manager, actor; Mark Ryan: Plain Art Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Pagyn Harding: literary artist, publisher/author; Nancy Berns: Radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Carolyn Aarsvold: Retired elementary music educator, violinist; Tim Ray: actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager, catering business owner; Gary Henrickson: former professor of literature; Michael Eble: professor, gallery curator, University of Minnesota-Morris; Kari Adams: graphic designer, printmaker; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Amy Schmidt: literary artist, visual artist, bookstore owner; Randy Peterson Pope: Chiropractor, Arts Advocate; Jim Arvidson: Retired businessman, fundraiser, art advocate.

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,370
Direct expenses
$4,870
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To use the power of art to help community members, City officials, and the Concordia College community re-see an industrial site, To engage residents of the Moorhead area in the creation of a Defiant Garden, To provide residents with an opportunity to work side by side with three notable artists in the creation of the garden for the community, To continue a dialogue with residents, community officials, and student populations about public art – a dialogic art form, To fully implement years of planning for a Defiant Garden for the Moorhead Power Plant.1. Workshop participants will be asked to fill out a short evaluation form at the end of each class, 2. Visitors to the final exhibit will be asked to comment on the workshop results, 3. At least 70% of evaluations will be positive.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Each class completed surveys, ranking the activity on a scale of 1 to 5. Of the ten classes, four of the classes had an average of 5 out of 5. The other six classes were all ranked above 4.6 out of 5.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Athena Kildegaard, Chrissy Kolaya, Dawn Poore, Deb Swezey, Ellie Musselman, Ferolyn Angell, Jenna Ray, Kali Dale, Melissa Yauk, Michael Vandenberg, Olivia Bennett, Rachel Coler, Sarah Eckel
Project Manager
First Name
Ferolyn
Last Name
Angell
Organization Name
Prairie Renaissance Cultural Alliance
Street Address
630 Atlantic Ave
City
Morris
State
MN
Zip Code
56267-1327
Phone
(320) 585-5037
Email
prca@prairierenaissance.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

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780