Subpart 1.
Definitions.
For purposes of this part, the following terms have the
meanings given.
A. "Geographic
community" means a population center and its adjoining communities.
B. "Touring" means an arts activity that
takes place in a geographic community other than the artist's home community
that draws or serves a significantly different audience than the audience the
touring artist normally draws or serves.
C. "Touring artist" means an eligible
professional individual artist or an unincorporated organization that will
provide the artistic content for the proposed project.
Subp. 2.
Purpose of program.
The arts tour Minnesota program is designed to provide
Minnesotans greater access to high quality arts activities regardless of
geographic location. Program grants support touring performances, exhibitions,
and other arts activities throughout the state.
Subp. 3.
Uses of grants.
Arts tour Minnesota funds may be used for the following
purposes:
A. to increase the quality
and quantity of artistic experiences available to all Minnesotans by supporting
touring artists; and
B. to increase
the capacity for touring artists or presenters to provide the proposed artistic
programming.
Subp. 4.
Criteria used by advisory panel and board to make grants.
Each application shall be reviewed by an advisory panel which
shall make recommendations to the board based on the degree to which the
advisory panel finds that the applicant meets the criteria in items A to
D.
A. The quality of the arts
experience, which must at a minimum, be demonstrated by the following:
(1) the artistic, creative, and cultural
value of the proposed project; and
(2) the relationship between the artistic
programming, the applicant's mission, and the audience's needs.
B. Commitment to and from the
community, which must at a minimum, be demonstrated by the following:
(1) the community is involved in the planning
or execution of the project;
(2)
the project brings value, artistic or otherwise, to the community;
and
(3) efforts to make the
programming accessible for persons with disabilities.
C. Capacity for effective project
administration, which must at a minimum, be demonstrated by the following:
(1) the qualifications of the staff, artists,
and other collaborators to design and execute the proposed project;
(2) a promotion plan that will attract broad
public participation, or successfully target some other group;
(3) a realistic budget that aligns with the
project and applicant's goals; and
(4) evidence of an ability to achieve
consistent and measurable results.
D. Effective evaluation and assessment, which
must at a minimum, be demonstrated by the following:
(1) an evaluation plan for the project that
will measure the Arts Board's program and applicant's project
outcomes;
(2) an evaluation plan
with processes, tools, and methods that are realistic and appropriate for the
project; and
(3) evidence of how
evaluation results will be used to guide future planning and
programming.
Subp.
5.
Additional eligibility requirements.
A. Organization applicants must also:
(1) be an arts producing organization that is
located and operates within Minnesota, proposes to tour its own artistic
production, and has previous experience producing similar work; or
(2) be a nonprofit Minnesota organization, an
unincorporated group using a fiscal agent, or a public entity such as a unit of
state or local government that proposes to present the work of touring
artists.
B. Individual
artist applicants must also:
(1) have
previous experience producing artistic work for audiences; and
(2) propose to tour their own work.
Subp. 6.
Dollar
amount of grants.
The minimum and maximum amounts and any matching funds
requirements for arts tour Minnesota shall be determined by the board based
upon available resources and printed in current program information.
