Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2011
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival

Project Details

Funding for the Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival, an annual event presenting feature films, documentaries, and shorts from around the world on themes of Jewish culture and identity. The festival will take place at Sabes Jewish Community Center in April 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Theresa Downing: independent art curator; Mary Grace Flannery: Arts administrator, Nimbus Theatre; Greg Herriges: Musician, Indian Music Society of Minnesota; Heidi Larson: Minnesota Orchestral Association staff; Abby Marcus: General Manager, Playwrights' Center; Marya Morstad: Arts administrator, Mizna.

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
Conflict of Interest Contact
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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$74,290
Direct expenses
$84,290
Administration costs
$10,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To explore issues facing the Jewish community; to connect the Jewish experience to a more universal audience; to present the highest possible film-going experience to audiences.Audience and volunteer surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Festival received a high proportion of positive feedback from audience members; changes in types of films attracted a younger Jewish audience; expanded the audience for the film festival.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Zhen Zou, Jingchun Wang, Lin Liu, Flora Yang, Jia Luo, Ying Zhang, Qian Xu, Zhen Zou, John Zhang, Paul Chen, Bingwen Yan, Patricia Rygg
Project Manager
First Name
Claire
Last Name
Avitabile
Organization Name
Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
Street Address
4330 Cedar Lake Rd
City
St Louis Park
State
MN
Zip Code
55416
Phone
(952) 381-3447
Email
cavitabile@sabesjcc.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