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2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,481
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Free Arts Minnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2014
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies; Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies; Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,481
Other Funds Leveraged
$436,538
Direct expenses
$462,019
Administration costs
$1,529
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Weave arts programming into the fabric of community life at homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and out-of-school time programs in community centers. Build and sustain partnerships that integrate art into community life at 23 agencies each year. Evaluate the success of the partnerships through biannual surveys of the staff in the facilities that host our programs. 2: Expand participation in the arts to people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities. Provide 4,000 youth with arts education and mentors. Recruit and train 250 volunteers to lead art projects and be mentors for youth. Evaluate artistic growth of youth through surveys of youth, volunteers, and partner agency staff.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Free Arts brought arts programming into 23 partner social service agencies including homeless and domestic abuse shelters, treatment programs, and community centers. Free Arts evaluates the successes of its partnerships through surveys of partner agency staff. These staff members responded positively about the value that Free Arts' programming had on the youth at their sites. 2: Free Arts reached 2328 unduplicated youth across all its arts programming. Free Arts recruited and trained 363 community members to lead art projects and serve as mentors for these youth. Free Arts evaluates youth artistic experience and development through surveys of volunteers, partner site staff, and the youth themselves. These evaluations confirmed youth attained artistic and personal development through Free Arts' programming.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jeff Putnam, Peter Ekberg, Lynn Maaske, Eric Britt, Paul Braun, Pat Courtemanche, Dave Deal, Erinn Farrell, Paul Grillo, Rhonda Hansford, Mary Ann Heine, Keith Kozerski, Carol Smith, Marissa Upin, Andrew Webb, Jane Hopkins Gould
Project Manager
First Name
Daniel
Last Name
Thomas
Organization Name
Free Arts Minnesota
Street Address
400 1st Ave N Ste 518
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55401
Phone
(612) 824-2787
Email
dan@freeartsminnesota.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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