Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Forecast Public Artworks AKA Forecast Public Art
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2015
End Date
October 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Forecast Public Art and The Cornerstone Group will work with artists Sha Cage, E.G. Bailey, and Greta McLain to engage Richfield residents in the arts through the Richfield Artist Engagement Program (RARE).
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.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Private equity manager; board chair, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Maya Beecham: Education team coordinator, Bush Foundation; visual and spoken word artist; freelance writer; Mary Bromen: Executive Director, Dakota Woodlands Women's and Family Homeless Shelter; John Connelly: Independent consultant to nonprofits, photographer; Scott Dixon: Artist and administrator, Commonweal Theatre; Sandra Gillespie: Visual artist; online writing instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage; former program director, Alaska State Council on the Arts; Fatima Said: Executive director, Project FINE (Focus on Integrating Newcomers through Education) in Winona; Robert Weisenfeld: Director of government grants and sponsored programs, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$11,000
Direct expenses
$110,000
Administration costs
$2,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

In 2016, artists Sha Cage, EG Bailey and Greta McLain will engage the residents of Richfield in arts engagements that enhance and activate a public space. Through monthly meetings of the project team, creative evaluation activities infused in the arts programming and bi-annual formal written and verbal evaluations. 2: To test the effectiveness of an artist in residence program in the city of Richfield to inform long-range planning. Throughout the year, we will invite feedback from both the artists and the community to inform the planning of an ongoing artist in residence program. Recommendations and next steps will be the result of this outcome.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Artists made art with or came into contact with almost 500 diverse people in Richfield, Minnesota. The artists and RARE 2 evaluator interacted formally and informally with a number of participants and over the course of their projects, and they kept track of the number and age, race, and geographic origin of the people with whom they interacted. They submitted their results to Forecast on an ongoing basis at monthly project meetings and at the end of the project. 2: RARE 2 gathered a range of feedback and recommendations on how to integrate artists and arts programming into the Lyndale Garden Center development. Methods included monthly meetings of the RARE 2 team (the artists, the director of community engagement at Forecast, the community arts coordinator at Cornerstone, the project evaluator/documenter) where the team shared and documented findings from the field and ongoing projects and interviews that the project evaluator conducted with community participants and members of the community advisory council.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Bob Kost, Meena Mangalvedhekar, John Pain, Lea Bittner-Eddy, Pamela Enz, Kurt Gough, Christie Hammes, Nathan Johnson, Wendy Lane, Laurence Margolis, Avital Rabinowitz, Ben Shardlow, Hlee Vang, Joan Vorderbruggen, Michael Watkins
Project Manager
First Name
Kirstin
Last Name
Wiegmann
Organization Name
Forecast Public Artworks AKA Forecast Public Art
Street Address
2300 Myrtle St Ste 160
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55114
Phone
(651) 641-1128x 110
Email
kirstin@forecastpublicart.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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