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Operating Support
Public Art Saint Paul makes Saint Paul a better city by placing artists in leading roles to shape public spaces, improve city systems, and deepen civic engagement.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Amy Browender: Associate development officer, AmeriCorps; John Connelly: Independent consultant to nonprofits, photographer; vice chair, Grand Rapids Arts and Culture Commission; Paul Dice: President, International Friendship Through the Performing Arts; Deborah Johnson: Senior director of exhibits and education, Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota; Laura Kinkead: Leadership development consultant, The Collabrium; Gregory Peterson: Treasurer, River Arts Alliance (Winona); retired from Winona State University office of financial aid; Anne Jin Soo Preston: Arts and cultural nonprofit organization consultant; former Springboard for the Arts board member; Jonathan Schill: Program development team, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation; Cassandra Utt: Actor, singer, artistic data analysis; Sachidanandhan Venkatakrishnan, Executive board member, Minnesota Tamil Sagnam; IT project manager
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesotans will connect to each other and engage in public spaces that are shaped and transformed by artists. Outcome measured by number of projects produced, artists engaged, and by surveys, interviews, and focus groups that assess changed attitudes about public spaces and social connection. 2: By engaging in public art experiences, artists and people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities will be empowered to impact their communities. Outcome measured by demographics of artists and program participants and by feedback via surveys, interviews, and focus groups about artist and participant confidence in impacting their community.
Twenty-three projects; twelve new ones, worked with 372 artists; activated 1,467 public spaces. 6,117 people providing input on public spaces and neighborhoods. Surveys of teaching artists; surveys of community members/participants, conversations and notes from engagement, use of Storymobile. 2: 20,730 engaged; 55% POC; 25% youth; 40% low-income; 30% involved in impacting community; 28% of artists paid or commissioned were artists of color. Pollinator advocacy postcards created by Bee Real participants; Art of Food survey recommendations; Pop Up Meeting surveys, artists contracts.
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