Operating Support
Operating Support
General operating support
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.
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.
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesota Center for Book Arts presents five exhibitions in its main and three-five in its anxillary galleries along with free public programs. Minnesota Center for Book Arts will measure the success of this outcome by attendance growth over the previous year; media attention; and responses from artists and audiences. 2: Minnesota Center for Book Arts will connect with audiences through new and existing community partnerships. Minnesota Center for Book Arts will assess the quality of partnerships through evaluations of programs such as Veterans for the Arts; Art Camp with People Serving People and Open Houses with various partners.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts showed work by over 500 artists in 25 free exhibitions such as Fluxjob, Spring 2014, and engaged hundreds of new visitors in related programs. Success was indicated by strong attendance and participation, local media response, critical engagement by the larger book arts field, and the show’s tour. Minnesota Center for Book Arts maintained and expanded all-ages educational programming onsite and in schools and communities, including greater impact with Native American youth. An increased total of nearly 30,000 youth participated in free programs on-site and via community partners including St. Joseph’s Children’s Home, Migizi Native Academy, Anishinabe Academy and St. Paul’s East Side Arts Council.
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