Operating Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$45,715

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2016

End Date

June 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Anoka

Blue Earth

Brown

Carver

Chisago

Cook

Crow Wing

Dakota

Faribault

Goodhue

Hennepin

Isanti

Itasca

Le Sueur

Nicollet

Olmsted

Otter Tail

Pine

Ramsey

Redwood

Rice

Scott

Sherburne

Sibley

Stearns

Steele

Wabasha

Waseca

Washington

Watonwan

Wright

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. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

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. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association; art gallery owner; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$45,715

Other Funds Leveraged

$855,315

Direct expenses

$901,030

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Broaden Minnesota’s book arts community through MCBA’s community partnerships and artistic leadership. More all-ages Minnesotans participate through free and low-cost programs, including exhibitions and Roundtables. Serve more Minnesota artists through studio access, fellowships and artist programs. 2: Amplify awareness of the book arts through access, engagement, and education. Greater participation in new free and low-cost programs, including in expanded library. More all-ages education offerings expand reach onsite and offsite. Expanded website generates wider engagement.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Artistic leadership and community access to the book arts grew through onsite and offsite public programs, exhibitions, studio access, and workshops. The number of exhibiting artists; attendance at exhibition openings, daily gallery traffic, other event attendance (Open House and roundtables w/guest artists). Surveys measuring numerical and qualitative data for workshop participants. 2: MCBA amplified awareness of the book arts through its website and through programming in Metro and Greater Minnesota schools, libraries and community events. The number of young people served in free and low cost programs (17,773). Creation of first artist-in-residence program in MCBA's library/archives. Number of unique visitors to MCBA's website (69,475 unique visitors, 71% new).

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Dara Beevas, Laurel Bradley, Ronnie Brooks, Mathea K.E. Bulander, Duncan Campbell, Patrick Coleman, Valerie Deus, Melanie Hohertz, KC Foley, Lyndel King, Monica Edwards Larson, Peggy Korsmo-Kennon, Marci Malzahn, Shawn McCann, Steven McCarthy, Diane Merrifield, Rick Pankow, Sherry Poss, Regula Russelle, Ryan Scheife, Tracy Steiner, Deborah Ultan, Jerry Wilson, Odia Wood-Krueger

Project Manager

Amanda

Kaler

Minnesota Center for Book Arts

1011 Washington Ave S Ste 100

Minneapolis

55415-1279

(612) 215-2520

akaler@mnbookarts.org

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Administered By

Minnesota State Arts Board

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787

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msab@arts.state.mn.us

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