Artists Collective for Community Collaborations (AC3)

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Artists Collective for Community Collaborations (AC3)
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
December 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Project Overview

AC3 will use these funds to continue engagement with Native American community members and expand into dialogue with artists in the native and black communities. We will uncover messages and narratives that will then be turned into semi-permanent visuals as well as host a series of interactive arts-based community events to engage Native residents in exploring and amplifying messages of unity, justice, and solidarity.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Shirley Sneve (St. Paul, MN) – Shirley was Director of the Tiwahe Foundation and works in the arts and humanities largely focusing on American Indian and Alaska Native cultures. She is Lakota.

Travis Zimmerman (Mille Lacs, MN) – Travis works at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and has worked with MHC in a variety of programs, including as a panelist for the Veterans Voices Awards. He is Ojibwe.

Cheyanne St. John (Morton, MN) – Cheyanne works in the Tribal Historical Preservation Office for the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation.  She is Dakota.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Conflict of Interest Contact

Laura Benson

Minnesota Humanities Center

laura@mnhum.org

651-772-4244

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Minn. State Legislature Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 8, (d)
Appropriation Language

$850,000 the first year and $850,000 the second year are for a competitive grants program to provide grants to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of Minnesota.
The Minnesota Humanities Center must operate a competitive grants program to provide grants to programs that preserve and honor the cultural heritage of Minnesota or that provide education and student outreach on cultural diversity or to programs that empower communities to build their identity and culture. Priority must be given to grants for individuals and organizations working to create, celebrate, and teach indigenous arts and cultural activities and arts organizations and programs preserving, sharing, and educating on the arts and cultural heritage of immigrant communities in Minnesota.

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.13
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Create at least 500 cultural artifacts through a series of relationship building and cultural artmaking events (pending public health and community input and availability).

Measurable Outcome(s)

In progress

Project Manager
First Name
Rory
Last Name
Wakemup
Organization Name
AC3
Phone
507-430-3768
Email
wakemup.productions@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

987 Ivy Avenue East
St. Paul, MN 55106

Phone
651-774-0205
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