Arts Based Community Development

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Partners for a Healthy Wadena Region

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2019

End Date

April 2020

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Wadena

Project Overview

Arts Based Community Development

Project Details

Picture Us Beautiful

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Michael Sander: community theater activist, retired educator; Millie Engisch: visual artist, graphic designer, arts administrator; Sue Johnson: retired music educator, vocalist, community leader; Matt Duckett, artist, professional curator; Dawn Espe: Community development professional, arts consumer and advocate; Allan Lynk: community theater enthusiast, arts consumer and advocate; Cheryl Bannes, arts administrator and artist; Lauren Nickisch: retired music teacher, community arts leader; Brigid Fitzgerald: Community Arts Leader; Kim Bollig: Native American artist, community arts leader; Maxine Norman, retired educator, community arts leader; Mark Turner: Five Wings Arts Council Staff with over 25 years’ experience in arts administration.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2019 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,500

Other Funds Leveraged

$10,700

Direct expenses

$18,200

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Wadena community residents will be able to articulate a fuller understanding of what will be possible as Wadena engages with the disruption of Highway ten construction and as we create a new and richer idea for Wadena in the 21st Century. A comprehensive Narrative, video, and photo documentation of the project will be archived at the Wadena County Historical Society upon the conclusion of the project. The written and video report of the interaction between artists and community members will reveal the pro

Measurable Outcome(s)

Successful community engagement project. Vast majority of participants indivated a positive experience

Proposed Outcomes Achieved

achieved most of the proposed outcomes

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members

Joe Randall, Jesse Gibbs, Renee Frethem, Kent Schmidt, Krista O'Dell

Project Manager

Jamie

Robertson

Partners for a Healthy Wadena Region