Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Mankato Area Community Band

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2013

End Date

July 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Nicollet

Sibley

Faribault

Waseca

Le Sueur

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

They will present six free outdoor concerts in Sibley Park, Mankato on Tuesday evenings in June and July 2013; plus a seventh concert at a different location to increase accessibility.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Nancy Goettl: adjunct faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sara Krassin: arts administration for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St James City Manager, volunteer with the Saint James Community Theater; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with Interlaken Heritage Days Festival in Fairmont; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, director and playwright; Gina Wenger: professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Nancy Goettl: adjunct faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sara Krassin: arts administration for the ChildrenÆs Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St James City Manager, volunteer with the Saint James Community Theater; Craig Nelson: business management and information technology; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Blue Earth Community Theater; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach and Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with Interlaken Heritage Days Festival in Fairmont; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, director, playwright; Gina Wenger: professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,100

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,100

Direct expenses

$8,200

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who are able to participate in the arts increases. Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access are identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization are built. The band will use an audience survey, open-ended interviews of audience members, and count audience members at each concert. They will also survey the student musicians about their educational experiences in the summer band. They will take photos and films of some performances to document the audience and music.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who were able to participate in the arts increased. Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access were identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization were built.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Bryce Stenzel, Martha Lindberg, Sarah Houle, Del Eggert, Larry Dunker

Project Manager

Martha

Lindberg

Mankato Area Community Band

104 Chatsworth Dr

Mankato

56001-5870