Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Dakota Center for the Arts AKA Eagan Art Festival
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2014
End Date
July 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Dakota
Project Overview
Arts Activities Support
Project Details
Funding for the 21st annual Eagan Art Festival, a free two-day outdoor festival featuring a broad range of entertainment and arts activities for all ages. The festival will take place at the Eagan Community Center in June 2015.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, Storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre Artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Susan Rotilie: Education, Artistic, Volunteerism; Daniel Pinkerton: Artistic; Reona Berry: Artistic; Dana Prottas: Education; Jennifer Newell: Fundraising; Taja Will: Artistic, Administration; Lauren Dee: Marketing, Web Design, Organizational Development, Youth Programming.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jeff Prauer (651) 645-0402
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$48,628
Direct expenses
$58,628
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

A successful festival includes increasing attendance and engagement with the interactive art projects, as well as positive artist and community feedback (surveys, onsite dialogues, and social media). For this festival, increasing the amount of time volunteers are willing to put in on the community art project to keep everyone painting will also be important.The art festival will utilize clicker counters at the entrance, Art Experience Tent, and Children's Activity Tent to measure the number of participants for the festival as a whole and each of these major activities, the festival will also be collecting zip codes to see where the participants are coming from. The art festival will also have artist surveys, patron surveys, and will have volunteers, board members, and staff make notes of any comments made about the festival throughout the weekend.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The Eagan Art Festival experience record attendance of over 8500 people this year (goal 8000) 600 children did the hands on children's art activity and approximately 800 people glued buttons, scored aluminum and painted on the community art project mural. The festival had 97 artists utilizing 107 spaces and over 23 sponsors donating cash and in-kind items.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Katherine Freije Thompson, Karen Sames, Wayne Sames, Sara Obermueller, Margie Daniels, Ken Maddux, Barb Graycarek, Pierre Najilis, Richard Pletcher
Project Manager
First Name
Wanda
Last Name
Borman
Organization Name
Dakota Center for the Arts AKA Eagan Art Festival
Street Address
PO Box 211609
City
Eagan
State
MN
Zip Code
55121
Phone
(651) 269-2787
Email
Director@eaganartfestival.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