Arts Project Grant
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Aitkin Community Education
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2013
End Date
August 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Project Overview
Arts Project Grant
Project Details
Engage Prairie Fire Theater to work with 81 local youth for one week to produce live theater production of Alladin and His Magic Lamp.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, instructor North House Folk School; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator, MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director for North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator for MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,750
Direct expenses
$6,250
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Encourage the development of theater art, bring a high quality theater performance to Aitkin and enhance youth's artistic ability.Evaluation form filled out by the audience, actors, students, parents and other members of the community. Attendance numbers.
Measurable Outcome(s)
A high interest in live theatre was cultivated among young people and adults in the community.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
John Hodson, Brian Orlowski, Kim Clement, Jan Moriarity, Judy Turner, Jennifer McGuire, Dawn Wilke, Jessica Palm, David Becker, Joy Janzen, Dennis Hasskamp
Project Manager
First Name
John
Last Name
Hodson
Organization Name
Aitkin Community Education
Street Address
306 2nd St NW
City
Aitkin
State
MN
Zip Code
56431-1246
Phone
(218) 927-7130
Email
jhodson@aitkin.k12.mn.us
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