Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$34,399

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Upstream Arts, Inc.

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2015

End Date

June 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Access

Project Details

Upstream Arts will provide participatory arts programming for aging individuals with developmental disabilities at Community Involvement Programs, Midwest Special Services, and Opportunity Partners.

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

Ann Benrud: Director of communications and external relations, Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Christina Chang: Museum curator; doctorate in art history; Kevin Curran: Nonprofit professional in development and grant writing for arts organizations; Mary Flicek: Arts administrator; board member, River Junctions Arts Council; Cheryl Kessler: Founder and principal evaluator, Blue Scarf Consulting, LLC; Patrick Serrano: MS in nonprofit institutions, volunteer grant writer; Dameun Strange: Bush Foundation Community Innovation Team member

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

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

$34,399

Other Funds Leveraged

$6,392

Direct expenses

$40,791

Administration costs

$993

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Aging individuals with developmental disabilities at three disability service agencies will participate in theater, dance, music, poetry and visual art. Pre/post participant and staff evaluations and artwork created in programs will demonstrate arts participation and engagement of aging individuals with developmental disabilities, an underserved group.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Aging individuals with developmental disabilities at three disability service agencies participated in theater, dance, music, poetry and visual art. We carried out an evaluation on each program participant filled out by staff at our partner organizations. The evaluation measured engagement and participation in the arts, and benefits derived by participants including increased creativity, well-being/ enjoyment, connection, communication and mobility. Staff also filled out evaluations on the program as a whole. Our evaluation showed the positive impact of bringing the arts to underserved groups, per Minnesota State Arts Board's program outcome.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Margaret Quinlan, Calvin Keasling, Alyssa Klein, Janice Downing, Michelle Dickerson, Richard Murray , Kim Adams, Mary McEathron

Project Manager

Bree

Sieplinga

Upstream Arts, Inc.

3501 Chicago Ave S

Minneapolis

55407

(612) 331-4584