Artist in Residence

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Wirth Center for the Performing Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
October 2023
End Date
May 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Stearns
Project Overview

Artist in Residence

Project Details

Singer/songwriter masterclass and student workshop featuring artist-in-residence Sean Tillmann-Hauser.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Buddy King: CMAB Board Chair, St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, community youth arts initiatives; Joyce Lyons: CMAB Board Secretary, CMA actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Comm Orchestra Advisory Board; Gretchen Boulka: CMAB Vice Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Sean Donahue: CMAB Board Treasurer, Performing arts technician; Professional light and sound designer, Musician, equipment retail experience, event and project manager; Spencer Madsen: CMAB Board Member, Writer; educator; theatrical performer; aspiring filmmaker and visual artist, B.A. in English Education, M.A. in American Literature, orchardist at Clear Lake Cider; Bopha Thomas, Princeton Area of Commerce Board Member; Associate of the Arts in Fashion Design, Theatre performance; Sandi Kroll, Owner-Refreshing Perspectives Therapy, MSW Boise State University, MFA in Theatre, University of California, San Diego, life-long consumer of performing arts, previous regional stage and event manger, former member of Actors Equity Association; Louis Witt: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,000
Direct expenses
$4,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will compose an original song and perform (and record) it for the other students. Students will gain knowledge, confidence, and experience in bringing a song from concept to creation and performance. Surveys and interviews of students, faculty and parents.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
James
Last Name
Newman
Organization Name
Wirth Center for the Performing Arts
Street Address
823 1st St S
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Zip Code
56301
Phone
(320) 255-0318
Email
jnewman@wirthcenter.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3 or Toll Free: 866-825-1471