Project Grant

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Community Legacies

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2015

End Date

August 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Stearns

Todd

Pope

Douglas

Project Overview

Project Grant

Project Details

Sauk Centre Community Mural

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Stearns County Arts Advisor/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, member of Artists of Minnesota, Community Education Art Class instructor; Charlene Sul: Human Service Administrator, Senior Partner at Sul and Associates LLC, Instructor at Saint Cloud State University, Art Director at Hands Across the World, Facilitator of the Quilt Circle at the American Indian Health Center; George Minerich: photographer, environmental professional.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Stearns County Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Member of Artists of Minnesota, Community Education Art Class instructor; George Minerich: Photographer; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author; Linda Brobeck: Visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC; Ken Barry: Blues musician, Victorian and digital photographer; Charlene Sul: Saint Cloud State University Instructor, Art Director for Hands Across the World, Facilitator of Quilt Circle at the American Indian Health Center in San Jose.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$14,000

Direct expenses

$20,000

Administration costs

$1,700

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The planned mural will not only catch the eye of local people but will showcase our history to travelers passing through Sauk Centre on any of the three highways intersecting here. We anticipate more people participating in: community education classes in art, greater entries in the county fair, and more visitors to the local history museum- all which are measurable outcomes. This beautiful mural will also attract support of additional community murals anticipated in the coming years. This organization will meet periodically to discuss feedback from community members during the project. It will also meet a year from project start date to discuss outcome variables to determine if objectives have been met, whether another mural is reasonable, and if so, possible themes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Public outreach was achieved through the creation of a Facebook page for the project, as well as, the inclusion of the mural on upcoming historical walking tour brochures for Sauk Centre. Now that the mural is complete, educational field trips to it are in the process for the upcoming 2015/2016 school year for both the private and public schools in Sauk Centre. Local offerings of painting classes/events have increased substantially.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Andrea Kerfeld, Annette Hinnenkamp, Dave Simpkins, Roger Reinardy, Carole Bersin, Diane Leukam

Project Manager

Andrea

Kerfeld

Community Legacies

600 Main St S

Sauk Centre

56378