Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,607
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
East Side Arts Council
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2013
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

General operating support

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,607
Other Funds Leveraged
$271,393
Direct expenses
$295,000
Administration costs
$23,607
Number of full time equivalents funded
1
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Approximately 8,000 low-income, underserved children and youth and 4,000 adults from diverse cultures participate in the arts each year due to East Side Arts Council’s free or low cost programming. We will design, hire artists and weave the arts into our community with our out of school day programs for at risk inner city youth, our drop in Artmobile, bringing the arts to events, public art projects, poetry reading events at our Poetry Art Park and hosting performances. East Side Arts Council tracks participation data, and uses evaluation methods like the Youth Program Quality Assessment to give artists tools to work with inner city youth. Participant focus groups and written evaluations by artists and partners help to improve quality of work. 2: At least 75 artists gain career enhancing compensation, visibility, training, or other quantifiable benefit from East Side Arts Council. Professional artists will be hired and paid for all their work on our projects. Staff evaluate youth arts programs using the Youth Program Quality Assessment tool. East Side Arts Council artists engage in reflective meetings with staff and fill out written evaluations which assess residencies and the public art process.

Measurable Outcome(s)

12,653 low income, underserved youth participated in the arts in accessible neighborhood settings and 3,779 adults participated in community art events with East Side Arts Council. 78 artists gained career-enhancing compensation, visibility and training to teach classes and create public art. Artists also sold their work in the arts council gallery.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Kitty Anderson, Carline Bengtsson, Philip Blackburn, Florence Cobb, Sarah Grieving, Bob Klicker, Mem Lloyd, Marilyn Meyer, Kerry Stone, Marlyn Trevino
Project Manager
First Name
Sarah
Last Name
Fehr
Organization Name
East Side Arts Council
Street Address
977 Payne Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55130-3901
Phone
(651) 778-0188
Email
easac@visi.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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