Art to Change the World has received an Arts Education Grant of $34,600 from the Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB). Executive Director of ACW Barbara Bridges said “This will take care of the basic needs for our educational programming in 2024. These monies will support the training and stipends for our four major projects below. Art to Change the World can now focus on finding funding to support other specific programming, and recurring gifts.”
ACW is very thankful for the grant, and for partnerships that are key components of programming. Below are the programs that intend to utilize MSAB funds.
Maker Space Project: Over ACW 80 artworks @ $300 each purchased by Emma Norton Services Transformational Housing. Weekly trauma sensitive art lessons will be delivered by 20 ACW artists, thanks to the MSAB grant.
Echoes of Traditions Intercultural Harmony and History of Hmong, Somali, Jazz, Latin, Modern, Native American & Hip Hop dance and music. Additional grant requests are out with a total project budget of $20,000.
Mill City Museum Partnership ACW Artists install major works at Mill City for the Stone Arch Festival. 100 Feet of Art and History. $6,000 out of $12,000 funded. Grant requests out.
Intern Program Interns are trained as Project Managers and design and implement their own social justice art project.
ACW paid artists over $163,000.00 in the past 3 years for their work on various projects or works directly purchased as a result of participating.
Read more about these and other ACW social justice art projects at: https://www.
Thank You Minnesota State Arts Board for believing that Art Can Change the World.
Submitted by Barbara Bridges