Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

The Grand Center for Arts and Culture

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2016

End Date

December 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Brown

Nicollet

Sibley

Watonwan

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

They will continue their 2016 performing arts series which features a variety of Minnesota artists presenting a variety of music genres each weekend and small theater productions. They will also display art exhibitions in their four Pillars Gallery.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Jessica Barens: Waseca Community Education Advisory Council member; Denice Evers: retired teacher, volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Diane Harms: singer with the Saint Peter Choral Society and Minnesota Valley Chorale; Charles Luedtke: retired Professor of Music, member of the American Guild of Organists; Joe McCabe: St James City Manager, volunteer with Saint James Community Theater; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher, charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Lauren Shoemaker: music instructor at Saint Peter Public Schools; Dana Sikkila: visual artist, Executive Director of 410 Project Gallery; Carol Soma: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Kee Civic Theatre; Bonnie Taplin: member of the Red Rock Center for the Arts; Dennis Van Moorlehem: retired teacher, volunteer on Sibley County Fair Board and community festivals; Gina Wenger: Professor of Art at Minnesota State University-Mankato; Greg Wilkins: visual artist, Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University-Mankato.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$32,010

Direct expenses

$40,010

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who are able to participate in the arts increases. The quality, types and number of arts opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offer them 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. Their primary methods of evaluation will be through surveys of attendees and performing artists at their performances. Staff will coordinate the distribution and outcome evaluation of the surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who were able to participate in the arts increased. The quality, types and number of arts opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offered them 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

Sue Prunty, Jodi Marti, Ian Laird, Megan Rolloff, Jean Geistfeld, Jackie Bass, Tori Gronholz, Steve Vranich, Grace Hennig, Dan Hoisington

Project Manager

Anne

Makepeace

The Grand Center for Arts and Culture

210 Minnesota St N PO Box 872

New Ulm

56073