Arts Project Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,263
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Poetry for People
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2020
End Date
December 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Project Support

Project Details

Poetry and Pie in the Park

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Craig Dunn: Arts Accessibility Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Professional; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Coordinator of Community Programs; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Amanda Cortes: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Program Development, Community Development; Ben Owen: Artistic, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Program Development; Brita Midness: Fundraising, Volunteerism, Education; Gabrielle Sacha: Volunteerism, Marketing/Audience Development, Technical Production; Margo Gray: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Pa Na Lor: Artistic, Education, Audience Development / Marketing; Quinn Villagomez: Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing, General Administration.

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
$6,263
Other Funds Leveraged
$35
Direct expenses
$6,298
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Surveys of audience show that 75% of people who attend the event want it to continue, surveys of audience show that 90% of the attendees says the event makes poetry more accessible. Our event planner will be responsible for collecting the following: Audience/participant count, Audience/participant surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

This year, we pivoted our survey plan and instead asked people who came if they wanted to give us their contact information so that they could receive a winter solstice poem either in the mail or through their email. 90% of people who came expressed enthusiasm and gave us their contact information, telling us that they looked forward to more poetry infused into the arc of their year.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Mire Regulus, Lacey Prpich Hedtke, Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe
Project Manager
First Name
Molly
Last Name
Van Avery
Organization Name
Poetry for People
Street Address
3505 11th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 558-7179
Email
mollyvanavery@gmail.com
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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency