Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2026 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,378
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Recipient Type
Local/Regional Government
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2025
End Date
June 2026
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Builds community through the arts by fostering creative expression and providing quality artistic and educational opportunities for people of all ages.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Mary Ann Aufderheide: former arts administrator; Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Philip McKenzie, adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Ann Aufderheide: former arts administrator; Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Philip McKenzie, adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2025 regular session, chapter 36, article 4, section 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2026 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,378
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,021,254
Direct expenses
$1,044,443
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

HCA will foster better understanding of different perspectives, world views, and art/music forms with a larger, more diverse audience. Focused surveys of participants, as well as collection of participants' comments and feedback. Tracking number of new opportunities offered (including advisory positions, events, workshops, performances, interpretive tours) and the number engaged. 2: The community's awareness and value of HCA as a quality arts destination will increase. Increases in membership, giving, exhibition participation, as well as increases in attendance and/or viewership and engagement of virtual and in-person programs.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Jim
Last Name
Clark
Organization Name
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Street Address
1111 Mainstreet
City
Hopkins
State
MN
Zip Code
55343
Phone
(952) 979-1100
Email
jclark@hopkinsmn.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
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