Partners in Arts Participation

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,900
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Family Tree, Inc. AKA Family Tree Clinic
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2020
End Date
February 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Project Overview

Partners in Arts Participation

Project Details

Family Tree Clinic, a sexual and reproductive health clinic, and artists Lisa Marie Brimmer and Joy Spika will join together to cultivate art spaces for queer people of color and promote healing and well-being through art creation.

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 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.; 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. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Amy Cousin: Jewelry artist; Emily Derke: Basketry artist and teaching artist; Maude Dornfeld: Executive director, Life House; Nathan Fisher: Filmmaker; creative director of Once Were and Again We Are; Scott Reynolds: Director, producer, writer, and performer; artistic director of Mixed Precipitation; Samantha Smingler: Inclusion coordinator, Great Lakes Aquarium; Stephanie Thull: Gallery shop coordinator, Arts Center of Saint Peter

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,900
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$24,900
Administration costs
$2,520
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

FTC patients and community members participate in multidisciplinary arts experiences, resulting in improved health and wellbeing. FTC, in partnership with Rainbow Research, will use a high-touch participant evaluation process, involving contact with participants after each event and again after all programming has concluded, in addition to analyzing social media engagement. 2: FTC and collaborating artists create a model for arts participation in health care, resulting in increased collaboration across arts and health care. FTC and Rainbow Research will conduct an evaluation of programming that will include FTC staff, artists, and participants. We will use the analysis to create and/or refine a replicable model of collaboration among health care and arts organizations.

Measurable Outcome(s)

FTC patients and community members participate in multidisciplinary arts experiences, resulting in improved health and wellbeing. Pre and post-event body scans and other questions were used. Methods were created in collaboration with Rainbow Research. 2: FTC and collaborating artists create a model for arts participation in health care, resulting in increased collaboration across arts and health care. Participants are asked to what degree they see art as integral to their health and well-being.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Michael Anderson, Lucas Beck, Paul Bock, Beverly Bushyhead, Adrienne Dorn, Jaemi Hagen, Laureen Tews Harbert, Abigail Henderson, Jason Jackson, Riley Karbon, Allison McVay-Steer, Koa Mirai, Willow Nichols, Sally Nixon, Christine Reisdorf, Emmett Robertson, Becky Smith
Project Manager
First Name
Alissa
Last Name
Light
Organization Name
Family Tree, Inc. AKA Family Tree Clinic
Street Address
1619 Dayton Ave Ste 205
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104-7642
Phone
(651) 645-0478
Email
alight@familytreeclinic.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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