Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$37,600

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Hot Summer Jazz Festival AKA Twin Cities Jazz Festival

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

January 2015

End Date

December 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Access

Project Details

Twin Cities Jazz Festival will expand its free, three-day festival, which attracts 45,000 jazz fans to downtown Saint Paul, to additional audiences of 1,500 in four Saint Paul neighborhoods at ten venues.

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

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

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

$37,600

Other Funds Leveraged

$5,000

Direct expenses

$42,600

Administration costs

$8,533

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Twin Cities Jazz will provide outreach to residents of four Saint Paul neighborhoods during 2015 Festival. Twin Cities Jazz will present 30 free jazz shows to 1,500 residents and guests in Frogtown, Midway, North End/South Como and Highland Park neighborhoods. Venues will provide head counts; Twin Cities Jazz will document shows. 2: Twin Cities Jazz and partners will expand access to live jazz in Outreach neighborhoods. All 30 shows are free and open to the public, with free Metro Transit passes for bus and light rail transportation; to be documented by Twin Cities Jazz.

Measurable Outcome(s)

TCJF presented twenty-two free jazz shows to 2,520 residents and guests in Frogtown and Midway neighborhoods along the Green Line and Como and Highland Park neighborhoods. TCJF relied on head counts from venues. 2: All twenty-two shows were free and open to the public with free Metro Transit passes for bus and light rail, documented by TCJF. Metro Transit provided data on the number of passes used during the 2015 TCJF.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jim Scheibel, Steve Heckler, Tio Aiken, Barbara Davis, Phylis Olin, Kevin Barnes, Larry Stoaiken, Doug Brown, Tom Edman, Alden Drew, Michael Cook

Project Manager

Steve

Heckler

Hot Summer Jazz Festival AKA Twin Cities Jazz Festival

214 4th St E Ste 130

St Paul

55101