Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,067
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mina T. Kaiser AKA Mina Kaiser
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2018
End Date
October 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Ramsey
St. Louis
Ramsey
Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

Song Cycle for Voice, Horn, Marimba and Guitar.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kristina Estell: visual artist, university fine arts instructor; Faith King: creative writer, visual artist, arts organization member; Karen McManus: musician, administrator at Mesabi Symphony Orchestra; Sarah Waddle: Program Manager for the North House Folk School, arts educator; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,067
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,933
Direct expenses
$3,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of this project is to create a new piece of music for voice, horn, marimba and guitar that will use a text addressing issues of sexual assault and recovery from that horrific experience. At least two performances are intended for the Fall of 2019 in Saint Paul and Spring of 2020 in Duluth. The outcomes could prove to be beneficial to all experiencing the event by exposure and awareness of this issue as well as performance opportunities for the musicians that will be participating. The completion of the work and its rehearsals and performances should prove to be one measure of its outcome. The response of the audience and performers should be another; some of the purposes of this artistic endeavor is to expand human empathy, experience and understanding. Audience attendance would another factor if one is looking for a way to quantify this.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Edification of those in attendance.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Mina
Last Name
Kaiser
Organization Name
Mina W. Kaiser
State
MN
Phone
(218) 341-3528
Email
mina1.61803@gmail.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

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