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Art to Change the World (ACW) is a diverse non-profit coalition of change makers employing the arts in service of positive social change.
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Message from the Director
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Rhoda Olsen is a valued adviser and supporter of ACW. I asked her to share how she built a billion-dollar corporation with values which started with “Be Kind” and ended with “Have Fun”. Barbara
Vision? Culture? Reputation?
The Key Elements of Building your Organization
By Rhoda Olsen
Every organization, large or small, profit or non-profit, has a distinctive vision and culture. Culture is often hard to define, but everyone feels it. Culture is about the way people treat one another. Sometimes it can overlap with reputation. It’s what employees, customers, partners, franchisees, etc. say behind your back. Vision is the broad, strategic focus of the organization.
When I have the opportunity to work with other organizations, I pay attention. I watch how people treat one another, the vision of the organization and the values that become clear. I have been impressed with ACW and see many similarities. That's why I continue to stay engaged and always want to learn more.
My personal experience is with Great Clips, Inc. We have had the same vision for decades and leverages six key values. The vision is “Working together to build the most profitable salons by delivering the most powerful and enduring brand. Working together drives our relationships and our business. Profitability fuels wages and benefits, creates growth, and strengthens communities. The most powerful and enduring brand is the result of listening to customers and providing them a haircut experience that meets their needs and lifestyle.
And our values, describe the way we work together. It describes our actions and our approach to our business. Our values evolve around the following : At Great Clips, strong relationships and responsiveness are at the heart of our individual and company success. The relationships we build with each other, and our franchisees are grounded in our core values.
Our 6 values
- We are kind: Be humble, act honorably, and express gratitude.
- We Listen and earn trust: Listen generously; seek to understand other’s perspectives.
- We keep it simple: Make things easy to understand and execute.
- We focus on execution: Make decisions with a belief that it can be executed in 6,000 salons.
- We exceed expectations: Collaborate and work together to achieve goals.
- We make it fun: Celebrate accomplishments and recognize the contributions of others.
The two that are most important are “We are kind’, and “We listen and earn trust’. So very simple and so hard to do every day.
“We are kind” is an expectation. There is a belief that every interaction counts, and that every opportunity to connect with a franchisee or a customer adds or detracts from the relationship. Kindness doesn’t require any special training…it has an immediate impact…it is contagious…it doesn’t require technology or additional investments. It often provides immediate positive feedback. Whether you are in a large meeting or visiting a Great Clips salon, you will likely feel kindness and caring. It is a differentiator and powerful.
“ We listen and earn trust” is an active statement. It infers that you must keep “building”, and that you need to continually earn and strengthen trust. Trust is easy to lose if you aren’t actively listening. Earning trust requires discipline and a commitment to one another. Trust requires the willingness to ask questions and use the feedback and input provided. Trust requires candid conversations, the willingness to admit mistakes, and acting with integrity, even when no one is watching.
These two values build the foundation of our culture and reputation. It’s amazing how franchisees, customers, and employees use these words when they describe our culture. It is what they say about us behind our backs, and we are proud that they use the same words that are in our values.
Business is built on relationships, and GREAT relationships are the result of well-defined values and a commitment to live those values every day in the organization.
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“We are What We Drink”
A Free Workshop with the Mississippi River Pearl
Join us for a workshop that will explore the origins of our drinking water. Explore Pearl’s 21 discovery drawers and participate in experiments and activities focused on water quality.
April 5, 2023, 6:00 - 8:00
Mississippi Watershed Management Organization 2522 Marshall St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418.
The MWMO Stewardship Fund Community grant supported 10 people selected from the larger MWMO neighborhood population, to meet, collect trash along the Mississippi and participate in an immersive curriculum unit which was collaboratively developed by the project manager, Barbara Bridges, and the participants themselves.
The workshop includes a takeaway memory from the drawers and a “Pearl” T-Shirt. Please state the size in the registration request. Maximum Registration 10. Ages 8 and up.
To register post: info@arttochangetheworld.org
Read all about this Art To Change The World project here: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mississippi-management-and-watershed-project
Join Art To Change The World here: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/product-category/support-us/
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CALL FOR ART
The purpose of the Heal & Chill (Art and Wellness Fair) is to promote mental and physical wellness. This is a project led by ACW members Briauna Williams and Intern, Collin Nelson.
This a gentle reminder to take care of self. An all-inclusive community event promoting self-love, confidence, and mindfulness. The art workshops will be small tables with one-on-one creating with community artists. Participants will have tools to create this experience at home to combat stress, depression, etc. Leaving the fair with created art to take home.
June 3. 11:00 AM-4:00 PM. There will be a ONE DAY event at Midtown Global Market 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407. Food and product vendors, activities, music, massage, AND an ACW / Global Art Shoppe large work exhibition.
Send an Application to create a large work- at least 24” X 36” on the topic of Wellness and Art. Application: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/fox-den-application.
Send to LuceQuilts: lschroepfer@sdatel.com
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Material and Media Exploration, Work by MCAD Foundation Studies Students
Homewood Studios 2400 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55411
March 4-30
One of the established goals of the Foundation Program at MCAD is to experiment with concepts, materials, and techniques and to build skill sets in a variety of making processes; with an expected outcome of leading students to embrace risk-taking as an essential element of the creative process. This exhibit is a celebration of a selection of student work produced in the first semester, of 2022, in the Foundation Studies Program at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Works produced range from 2D to 3D to 4D, with various media and techniques, yet showing the versatility, creativity, and tenacity of the students as a whole.
Opening reception is: Monday March 6th, 5pm-8pm
Clara Wuotila, "Sense of Place", Charcoal, Drawing I
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Anyone Can Apply. $100 stipend
Life On The Spectrum Call for Art
Join ACW’s partnership with Grand Hand Gallery
Did you know that an estimated 1 in 100 children worldwide is born with autism? In order to reduce the stigma of neurodivergent individuals, we must work together to educate ourselves and one another on the condition.
Artists, who participate in this gallery exhibition are tasked with creating a piece of any medium they choose as long as it addresses the given prompt: How has autism changed your world? Both neurodivergent and neurotypical artists are encouraged to apply and draw on their personal experiences with autism. Let’s all come together to talk about what it really means to be on the spectrum.
Read more about the project: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/life-on-the-spectrum
If you have questions about the application contact Rose Cooper, Intern, Project Manager roseaileen994@gmail.com
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Art and Brain Health
A recommended article from David O’Fallon
A new field is affirming what people have practiced and believed for a long time: that making art enlivens and strengthens the health of the individual and the community. Go to the link below (or here?). Read this. Neuroesthetics brings innovative science to help us see and learn what making art does. Read the attached article—and continue to support Art to Change the World. because art does—and it starts with—you.
https://www.artandobject.com/articles/neuroaesthetics-how-art-scientifically-proven-help-brain-health
Photo from Art and Object
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ACW is a GLOBAL ORGANIZATION
Compassionate Arts in Action/Posts for Peace and Justice has been a partner of ACW for many years. The Work we exhibited (Kira Carrillo Corser) in See. Say. Do. has now expanded to a Fragile Planet/Sacred Earth exhibition in Carmel at the Sunset Cultural Center with expanding online outreach, plus the Wellness For Children Project books and videos to help kids cope with stress, fear, and illness! We invite ACW members to join our Monthly Conversations on Zoom, on the last Saturday of every month. contact: kiracorser@gmail.com or join our Facebook Group, Compassionate Arts Council, or Compassionate Arts in Action.
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Art WILL change the world and it starts with US! “Art Speaks” is written by Kelly Frankenberg and represents her personal viewpoint, not the policies of ACW. For more info about Kelly and her art, go to http://www.kellyfrankenberg.com
Family-friendly events are one thing to want to censor art for young viewers, but what about the general public viewing art?
The most censored art has been about religion, politics, or nudity/sexual content.
With non-profits, they have to be careful what they put out there in the public as political and religious statements can hurt their organization.
One city in Minnesota wouldn't allow a replica of a DaVinci painting within an abstract painting to be shown because of the nudity involved. So a flower was painted over. What do you think? Comment on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ArtToChangeTheWorld
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Science Vs. Nature by Kelly Frankenberg
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On-Location Drawing Group
March 4, 2023
Next Stop: Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Pl., Mpls, MN 55403
Time: 11:30-1:30 pm
Join us for a casual drawing and company!
Lunch is at Esker Grove Café in Walker Art Center
Lunch is optional and on your own dime.
For further info &/or updates check our
Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing
Or email Deb at tobersonstudios@gmail.com
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"Keystone Characters"
Solo Exhibit by Layl McDill
MacRostie Art Center, 405 Northwest 1st Ave., Grand Rapids, MN, 55744
The exhibit runs from March 3-April 30, Opening reception is March 3rd, 6:00 pm
https://macrostieartcenter.org
Layl's newest pieces of mixed-media sculpture will be on exhibit. Including her large-scale "Eager Eco Engineer" which celebrates the importance of beavers as a keystone species and pictured here "Can you See the Dinosaurs in the Turkey '' made of a ferris wheel with dinosaurs riding on it.
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ACW Members Demo their Process!
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Read More: https://www.californiabuilding.com/
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Fundraiser on your Birthday with Facebook
Have you seen your friends on Facebook raising money for non-profits on their birthdays? Well did you know Art to Change the World is set up to receive these kinds of donations too? This is a great way to not only fundraise for ACW but also get the word out to your friends and family about this amazing organization!
If you've got a birthday coming up just go to this link to get the step-by-step instructions about how to do a Facebook Birthday Fundraiser:
https://www.facebook.com/help/1910205189301966
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