Operating Support
Operating Support
Public Art Saint Paul makes Saint Paul a better city by placing artists in leading roles to shape public spaces, improve city systems, and deepen civic engagement.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer-at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer-at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
ACHF Arts Access
Foster public art participation and civic engagement by artists and people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities. Demographic analysis of artists engaged and program participants and by feedback of the quality and effectiveness of projects and outreach strategies. 2: Embody and advance a new form of public art through the practice of City Art. Outcomes measured by analysis of artistic quality, scope of City Art projects, broad engagement of artists in City Art, and the place City Art holds in regional and national practice of public art.
We reached diverse audiences by use of mobile program delivery by electric truck and cargo bike. Audience ideas confirmed by use in City planning. We reached 65 new locations in Saint Paul and worked with 12,341 participants of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities, reflective of the demographics of Saint Paul. We employed or commissioned 32 artists of color of different ages and ethnicities. 2: City Artist Pop Up Meeting received national and local recognition for art as civic engagement. A new national grant supports its 2.0 iteration. Pop Up Meeting measured by number of sites, number of popsicles and surveys; input to City planning. City Art leadership measured by ten talks in Minnesota and nationally and twelve inquiries from other cities and Americans for the Arts.
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