Legacy Individual Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,170
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Leigh M. Nelson
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2022
End Date
May 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Becker
Becker
Project Overview

Legacy Individual Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

to purchase supplies for an exterior mural / public art installation in the city of Detroit Lakes

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Jan Jackola: Program Coordinator, Community Vitality, UofM Extension Service; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Anne Robinson-Paul: account manager at Ironclad Marketing; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Jana Tonsfeldt: retired elementary teacher, visual artist; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Heather Hjelle: Working opera singer, professor of music at Bethany Lutheran College, private voice teacher; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Therese Vogel: Retired Community Ed. Director for Ulen-Hitterdal School, Top Hat Theatre Exec. Director, Career Guidance Counselor and current grant writer; Laura Youngbird: Retired Director of Native American Arts, Plains Arts Museum

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jan Jackola: Program Coordinator, Community Vitality, UofM Extension Service; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Jana Tonsfeldt: retired elementary teacher, visual artist; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Therese Vogel: Retired Community Ed. Director for Ulen-Hitterdal School, Top Hat Theatre Exec. Director, Career Guidance Counselor and current grant writer; W. Scott Olsen: Professor of English, Concordia College

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,170
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$3,170
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The individual estimates that the majority of participants asked will indicate that the grant project had a positive impact on their communities and that the arts are important to them, either personally or to their communities. The individual will conduct their evaluation by talking with participants, collecting comments, and polling or voting.

Measurable Outcome(s)

On a scale from 1 to 5, for both Positive Impact and Importance to the community, the average score reported was a 5 for both.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Project Manager
First Name
Leigh
Last Name
Nelson
Organization Name
Leigh M. Nelson
State
MN
Phone
(218) 850-4835
Email
leighnelson@hotmail.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

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780