Arts Activities Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Ascension Place, Inc.

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2014

End Date

September 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for a community arts experiences and an artists in residence program to foster healing, generate creativity, and build community among women in crisis in Ascension Place's transitional living program. Activities will take place between October 2014 and September 2015.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, Storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre Artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Grace Flannery: Organizational Development, Administration, Community Development; Teresa Mock: Artistic, Audience Development, Organizational Development; Joan Vorderbruggen: Administration; Alex Legeros: Administration, Artistic; Carrie Christensen: Community Development, Education, Artistic; Toni Wilcox: Education, Administration; Christine Karki: Youth Programming, Education, Artistic; Paul Humiston: Administration; Deneane Richburg: Artistic, Community Education, Marketing.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$8,141

Direct expenses

$16,141

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

At least two thirds of women served by Ascension Place will participate in arts events that are meaningful to them during the grant year. Participant feedback on events will show the art experiences have a positive impact in women’s lives and recovery.Attendance and participation numbers will be entered into our database. Post-activity surveys and discussions will be used to gather information on the arts activities' impact.

Measurable Outcome(s)

During the grant cycle, Ascension Place served 69 women. We offered seven ongoing in-house workshops, five off-site one-time classes, and an all-house artist-led mural project to display in our Library. Thirty-one women attended at least one Metropolitan Regional Arts Council-sponsored art activity. Nineteen women attended more than once. Eighteen current and former residents displayed their work at our Art Show.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Merle Bell-Gonzalez, John Brennan, Kent Christiansen, Cam Gunderson, Dawn Hofstrand, Amanda Jeske, Nancy McCall, Emily Stearns

Project Manager

Amy

Murnan

Ascension Place, Inc.

1803 Bryant Ave N

Minneapolis

55411