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2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,750
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The History Theatre, Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
December 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
History Here and Now will work with community partners to engage underserved older adult and immigrant families and communities around 2015 productions of The Debutante’s Ball and River Road Boogie: The Augie Garcia Story.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Mary Bromen: Executive director, Dakota Woodlands Women's and Family Homeless Shelter; Laura Campbell: Adult day program manager, Southwest Senior Center, ArtSage teaching artist; Kendall Carlson: Communications and events manager for Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES); Cheryl Kessler: Founder and principal evaluator, Blue Scarf Consulting, LLC; Lisa Vesel: Executive director, Minnesota Discovery Center
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,750
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,853
Direct expenses
$56,603
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

600 diverse and/or underserved participants will have access to culturally specific theatre productions and engagement activities. Attendance at community events and History Theatre productions and audience/event surveys. 2: New or renewed partnerships articulate positive results and express intention and/or plans to continue connecting constituents with the Theatre. Effectiveness and mutual satisfaction of new partnerships will be assessed through surveys and face to face interviews and willingness to continue partnerships.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Approximately 900 diverse participants attended History Here and Now engagement activities and/or attended a performance of Debutante's Ball or River Road Boogie: The Augie Garcia Story. Responses from participants through ticket sales, interviews, informal feedback and surveys indicated very positive results. 2: New relationships were established with Fil Minnesota, CLUES, Neighborhood House and a relationship was renewed with Saint Paul College. Planning for this season has yielded positive evaluation from last season; surveys after Deb Ball and after HHN activities; feedback from teachers and administrators.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Melissa Mulloy, Gene Merriam, Tyler Zehring, Roger Brooks, Rotolu Adebiyi, John Apitz, Connie Braziel, Candace Campbell, Wayne Hamilton, Jillian Hoffman, Susan Kimberly, Gene Link, Henri Minette, Cheryl L. Moore, Jeffrey Peterson, Ken Peterson, Phil Riveness, James Rollwagen, John Sebastian, Geoffrey Sylvester, Pondie Nicholson Taylor
Project Manager
First Name
Martha
Last Name
West
Organization Name
The History Theatre, Inc.
Street Address
30 10th St E
City
St Paul
State
MN
Phone
(651) 292-4321
Email
mwest@historytheatre.com
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

Location

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

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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