Arts Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,600
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Cook County Community Radio Corporation
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2012
End Date
September 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Cook
Project Overview
Music festival
Project Details
Produce two day music festival.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,600
Other Funds Leveraged
$20,684
Direct expenses
$23,284
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Increase access to local music, exposure of local musicians. Provide area musicians the opportunity to perform.Measured by feedback from participants and audience, and number of local musicians that perform at the festival.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Enthusiastic response from participants, audience and support to continue the festival next year.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Ann Possis, Molly Hicken, Hyla Napadensky, Rick Anderson, Debbie Benedict, Roxy Sherer, Greg Tofte, David Tersteeg
Project Manager
First Name
Melanie
Last Name
Steele
Organization Name
Cook County Community Radio Corporation
Street Address
PO Box 1005 51 W 5th St
City
Grand Marais
State
MN
Zip Code
55604
Phone
(218) 387-1070
Email
melanie@wtip.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
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Location


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
(218) 722-0952
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