Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,552

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Art of the Lakes Association, Inc. AKA Art of the Lakes

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2012

End Date

May 2012

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Otter Tail

Project Overview

"Youth Art Symposium"

Project Details

To sponsor the Youth Art Symposium featuring eight artist residencies with high school art students.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Gary Hendrickson: former professor of literature; Nancy Berns: radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Jane Gudmundson: retired gallery manager Minnesota State University-Moorhead, artist in residence; Pagyn Harding: literary artist and publisher author; Kari Adams: graphic designer, printmaker; Jimmy Schryver: professor of Art History at University of Minnesota-Morris; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Katherine Dahl: retired librarian at University of North Dakota-Grand Forks; Lorene McIntosh: retired art teacher; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Merlin Peterson: BA Theatre Arts, UM, director, set designer, owner of PopeArt performance space.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Gary Hendrickson: former Professor of Literature, former Senior Grant Officer at National Endowment for Humanities, Academic Dean at M State Fergus Falls; Kari Adams: graphic designer with University Relations at University of Minnesota- Morris; Nancy Berns: board member for Alexandria Area Arts Association Board and the IDS 206 Center for the Arts Focus Group, vocalist, choir director; Jane Gudmundson: retired Gallery Manager at Minnesota State University- Moorhead, former Education Director at Plains Art Museum; Jimmy Schryver: Assistant Professor of Art History at University of Minnesota- Morris; Kari Kjsebo: former manager of the Underbrush Art Gallery, estate sale manager; Katherine Dahl: retired reference librarian for various universities; Pagyn Harding: literary artist, author, volunteer for arts organizations as grant writer/publicity coordinator/administrator; Lorene McIntosh: art teacher (privately and in K-12 schools); Carolyn Flieder: former social worker for Lutheran Social Services, former owner of a Quilt Shop/Bed and Breakfast business, fiber artist, visual artist; Merlin Peterson: worked at Guthrie Theatre, director, lighting and set designer, owner of Pope Art, alternate Pope County.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,552

Other Funds Leveraged

Direct expenses

$3,552

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To develop, promote, and encourage an interest in the arts in youth and for them to embrace the arts not only in their lives, but in their communities. To feature their work in the Art of the Lakes Gallery. To introduce youth to professional artists in the area.1. All of the artists will be given a survey inquiring how the workshops went, and what, if any, changes they would make. 2. Art Teachers from each of the 14 schools will be given a survey to ask about the quality of the workshops. 3. The participants will be given a survey asking them about the overall effectiveness of the workshops they attended at the Lakes Area Youth Art Symposium.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through email correspondence I was able to determine the event was not only a success for the youth, but also the artists and teachers. The artist found new ways to communicate their ideas and knowledge to an audience of eager youth. The teachers were abl

Description of Funds

Recipient Board Members

Annette Hochstein, Art Johnson, Carol Smith, Diane Fuder, Jan Smith, John Mehl, Roger A. Parks, Ruth Crandall, Sandra Thimgan, Sandy Barnhouse

Project Manager

Jonathan

Hartman

Art of the Lakes Association, Inc. AKA Art of the Lakes

108 S Lake Ave PO Box 244

Battle Lake

56515-0244

(218) 864-8606

aotl@arvig.net