Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Patrick's Cabaret
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2011
End Date
May 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
High School Cabaret Program
Project Details
Funding for the High School Cabaret Program, a series of ten cabarets offering students the opportunity to create and present art on a professional stage. The project will begin in fall 2011.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Scott Chamberlain: Musician and arts administrator, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Ellen Draeger: Musician and arts administrator, Lutheran Music Program; Jennifer Ilse: Co-artistic director, OffLeash Area dance and theater company; Alecia Leonard: Community education administrator and youth programming specialist; Mike Mason: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Dawn Ridgway: Dance performer and educator and arts administrator; Becky Ten Brink: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra staff.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$12,722
Direct expenses
$20,222
Administration costs
$7,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To provide theatre space for high school students to develop and articulate their artistic voices; to enhance artistic education through performance in a professional setting; to integrate interested students in Patrick's Cabaret core programming.Feedback from students and advisors; staff feedback on students' skill development; audience size; student participation in regular Patrick's Cabaret programming.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students found the theater experience to be challenging and engaging and their advisors were equally thrilled with the students' development throughout the program.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Tom Cassidy, Anna Peters, Nes Rotstein, Kristine Smith, Greg Toltzman
Project Manager
First Name
Patrick
Last Name
Scully
Organization Name
Patrick's Cabaret
Street Address
3010 Minnehaha Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406-1987
Phone
(612) 724-6273
Email
patrick@patrickscabaret.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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency