Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,673
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Duluth Art Institute Association AKA Duluth Art Institute
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2014
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Hennepin
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Hennepin
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
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
$13,673
Other Funds Leveraged
$387,273
Direct expenses
$400,946
Administration costs
$2,734
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Represent the visual arts and artists in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota including mid-career, emerging, and beginning artists. Provide a minimum of fourteen different exhibitions in Duluth Art Institute galleries and community-wide. Increase attendance at Duluth Art Institute openings, exhibition enhancement events, and educational programming. Attendance will be tracked and compared to previous year. 2: Provide arts-related outreach services throughout the community. Provide outreach including health services clients in/out patient (minimum 100 served), 8-12 home-school students, and 800 participants at three free family days. Track number of participants served and survey participants for feedback.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The Duluth Art Institute presented a strong schedule of exhibitions featuring work from visual artists in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota. The Duluth Art Institute put on seventeen exhibitions representing the visual arts in the Arrowhead region including mid-career, emerging, and established artists. Exhibitions included a diversity of voices including Ojibwe and Dakota, and GLBT artists. 2: The Duluth Art Institute provided arts-related outreach services throughout the community. The DAI kept track of the number of outreach events, the numbers served as well as instituted qualitative surveys. The Duluth Art Institute provided 35 outreach events serving 3,853.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Matt Hanka, Matt Cartier, Mary Mathews, Marva Beckman, Helena Jackson, Chris Benson, Lindsay Kolu, John Heino, Fred Lewis Jr., Patty Mester, Fatih Benzer, Robin Washington, Joe Nease, Melissa Maloney, Kat Ramslad
Project Manager
First Name
Anne
Last Name
Dugan
Organization Name
Duluth Art Institute Association AKA Duluth Art Institute
Street Address
506 W Michigan St
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55802-1517
Phone
(218) 733-7560
Email
adugan@duluthartinstitute.org
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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