Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,048
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Franconia Sculpture Park
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2020
End Date
June 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Anoka
Blue Earth
Chisago
Dakota
Douglas
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Le Sueur
Mille Lacs
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Washington
Aitkin
Anoka
Blue Earth
Chisago
Dakota
Douglas
Hennepin
Isanti
Kanabec
Le Sueur
Mille Lacs
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Washington
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Franconia Sculpture Park is the preeminent, artist centered sculpture park in the Midwest. Franconia provides physically and intellectually wide-open spaces that inspire new ways of thinking through access to contemporary sculpture, installation and land art.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: former mayor of Rochester; Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: executive director of grants and sponsored programs for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota., Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Sean Dowse: former mayor of Red Wing; former executive director, Sheldon Theatre; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Thomas Moss: consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jonathan Carter: Carter is director of IT business relationship management for the Harmon business unit of Apogee Enterprises. Previously, Carter had a long career with General Mills, spanning finance, sales, marketing, information systems, and other areas. A former board chair for the Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir, he is an active executive board member of the Monitors Club, supporting the educational, political, economic, and social well-being of the Twin Cities African American community. Carter holds a BS in computer science from Washington University (Saint Louis); an MS in computer science from Stanford University; and an MBA in finance and international business from Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.; Linda Holliday: Holliday is founder and president of Impact Minnesota, providing an array of consulting services to nonprofit, for profit, and public organizations; and of Holliday Pottery, creating handcrafted functional ceramic wares. She was previously with the Initiative Foundation for nearly twenty years, most recently serving as vice president of organizational development. Holliday is a 2010 Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow and holds a master's degree in public affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd.; Betsy Husting: Husting is retired after more than 40 years working in the arts as a producing director, actor, marketer, administrator, and development professional. In 1994, she founded Husting & Associates Consulting, providing fundraising expertise to nonprofits, primarily arts organizations. Her clients included Flying Foot Forum, Illusion Theater, Public Radio International, Zorongo Flamenco, Theater Latt' Da, Graywolf Press, MacPhail Center for Music, Teatro del Pueblo, and many more. Husting attended Denison and Indiana Universities as an English major with a minor in theater.; Yumiko Inomata: Inomata serves as finance manager for Minneapolis-based Arts Midwest, one of six regional arts organizations in the United States. She has a BA in theater studies and has taken graduate-level courses in educational policy and administration, and teaching English as a foreign language. Outside of work, she has served on numerous panels, including the Sage Awards for Dance (2009-2010), and for several grant programs for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. She is an alumna of the 2017/2018 Arts Organizing Institute through Pangea World Theater's Lake Street Arts!, which was part of a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant.; Nora Murphy: Murphy is a fifth-generation Irish-Minnesotan and mother of two grown sons. She is an author of two memoirs and three non-fiction books for children. She works as the Tribal Planner and Grant Writer for the Lower Sioux Indian Community in southwestern Minnesota.; Carolyn Wintersteen: Wintersteen is a founding ensemble member and executive director of Theatre B in Moorhead. She serves on the Moorhead Art and Culture Commission and is active in local civic organizations. Prior to founding Theatre B, she coordinated programs at Trollwood Performing Arts School, taught at Minnesota State University Moorhead and North Dakota State University, and worked in administration at Prairie Public Broadcasting. She earned a BA in theater from Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington) and an MFA in acting from the University of Pittsburgh. Wintersteen has performed with the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Commonweal Theatre, the Black Hills Playhouse, and Theatre B. In 2017 she received the Lake Region Arts Council McKnight Artist Fellowship Grant to support an original play which she and her husband performed at the Minnesota and Boulder Fringe Festivals. Theatre B is a recipient of the American Theatre Wing's 2014 American Theatre Company Award for excellence among young theater organizations nationwide.

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

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,048
Other Funds Leveraged
$622,901
Direct expenses
$622,901
Administration costs
$21,859
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Franconia will support up to 40 artists in the creation and exhibition of new, experimental work. Franconia's residency program is evaluated through post-program surveys to assess the impact of the program on artists served, as well as to better serve artists in the future. 2: Franconia will launch a Free Membership Program and enroll 500 near members by end of first year. Franconia will measure the impact of this program via on-site surveys and through client tracking in our new software (% of renewal rates, % of friend referrals, and frequency/amount of discounts used in cafe, gift shop, and area businesses, etc.).

Measurable Outcome(s)

Franconia supported 43 artists in the creation and exhibition of new, experimental work. Despite the pandemic, Franconia served more artists than ever. We were able to assess the efficacy of our programs through qualitative and quantitative evaluations and post-program surveys. 2: Franconia's Free Membership program enrolled 591 members by the end of the first year. Franconia is able to track visitor data through VeevArt/Salesforce, as well as front-of-gate and Visitor Center admissions and sales.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Dorothy Goldie, Amy McKinney, Davis Klaila, Eric Bruce, Rosie Kellogg, Sara Rottholz Weiner, Linda Seebauer Hansen, Kevin Riach, Esther Callahan, Heather Rutledge, Stacy O'Reilly, Beth McGuire, Nora Kaitfors, Sharon Louden
Project Manager
First Name
Ginger
Last Name
Porcella
Organization Name
Franconia Sculpture Park
Street Address
29836 St Croix Trl
City
Shafer
State
MN
Zip Code
55074
Phone
(651) 257-6668
Email
ginger@franconia.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
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