Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,920
Recipient
The Alexandria Art Guild AKA Alex Art Guild
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
March 2024
End Date
December 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Douglas
Douglas
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

to pay for ongoing expenses in marketing/website/social media

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; 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; Melanie Scott: Artist, performer, musician, writer, peer support specialist at Wellness in the Woods, home educator

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; 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; Melanie Scott: Artist, performer, musician, writer, peer support specialist at Wellness in the Woods, home educator

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,920
Other Funds Leveraged
$17,670
Direct expenses
$20,590
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The organization 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 organization will evaluate their activities by talking with participants, collecting comments and polling or voting.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Linda
Last Name
Gaugert
Organization Name
The Alexandria Art Guild AKA Alex Art Guild
Street Address
PO Box 514
City
Alexandria
State
MN
Zip Code
56308
Phone
(320) 815-1850
Email
threehavensartworks@gmail.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