Arts Organization Development

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,459
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc. AKA Litchfield Opera House
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2015
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Meeker
McLeod
Stearns
Wright
Renville
Kandiyohi
Meeker
McLeod
Stearns
Wright
Renville
Kandiyohi
Project Overview
Arts Organization Development
Project Details
Litchfield Opera House Branding and Website
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Jane Link: visual artist, Milan Village Arts School founding member, Milan Community Education, Greater Milan Initiative; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council Advisory Board; Kate Aydin: retired educator, developed a curriculum focused on the visual arts, literature, and modern and traditional music of Spain and Latin America; Paula Nemes: musician, librarian, former coordinator of the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, Marshall Area Stage Company; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, founding member and president, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Susan Marco: writer, former high school English and creative writing teacher; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, board member Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: visual artist, musician, theater, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County board; Dana Johnson: producer/filmmaker; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association, Plum Creek Food Co-op, visual artist, musician; Scott Tedrick: journalist, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization, theatre director/actor;
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist.
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,459
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,441
Direct expenses
$4,900
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Barriers to participation in high quality arts activities will be identified and addressed. Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc. will track zip codes of attendees at events. This will help us determine where our advertising dollars are best spent. With this infrastructure well established, we can ask about the use of our website and social media. Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc. plans a Website and Social Media Kick Off at a spring or summer event. We will use an event to educate people about our newest forms of media and our branding.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Facebook Data: In July the Litchfield Opera House had 6 likes and all were from a home computer or by going to Facebook; none were from mobile devices. In October after the website was launched, the Litchfield Opera House had 11 likes and two-thirds were from mobile devices. We went from 468 likes to 479. In November, we have had ten likes and about the same were from mobile devices. Emails from website: In July we did not have any emails from the website. In October after the new website was launched, we had six emails; four were about space for our craft fair, one about a wedding rental, and one was someone advertising for business. In November we had four emails from the website. One was for a wedding rental and another for advertising. Two were about spaces for our craft fair.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Matthew Kotelnicki, Darlene Kotelnicki, Karen Urdahl, Wayne Lopez, Carol Larson, Dave Gabrielson, Jim Vrchota, Don Manuel, Erv Asmus
Project Manager
First Name
Darlene
Last Name
Kotelnicki
Organization Name
Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc. AKA Litchfield Opera House
Street Address
PO Box 228
City
Litchfield
State
MN
Zip Code
55355
Phone
(320) 764-3909
Email
litchopera@yahoo.com
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

509 W Main St, PO Box 55
Marshall, Minnesota 56258 

Phone
Phone Manager: Nicole DeBoer
(507) 537-1471
Email the Agency