Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Prairie Fire Lady Choir
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2017
End Date
November 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Artist Collaboration Project Funding for the Artist Collaboration Project, during which Prairie Fire Lady Choir members will engage with local songwriter and musician Chris Koza, who will provide songwriting/arrangement workshops and create original and revised arrangements for the choir, direct rehearsals, and collaborate in a finale show. Two workshops will be held at Richfield Lutheran Church in Minneapolis during June and July 2017 and the finale show will be held in November 2017.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Sarah Gerdes: Youth programming, artistic, general administration; Frangena Johnson: Artistic, community education, audience development, marketing; Laney Ohman: Audience development, marketing, computer systems, web design, fundraising; Dan Pinkerton: Education, artistic, computer systems, web design; Suzanne Roberts: Artistic, community education, education; Gregory Rose: Artistic, education, community education; Lula Saleh: Artistic; Jovan Speller: Artistic, general administration, community education; Carla Steen: Artistic, audience development, marketing.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,250
Direct expenses
$6,250
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Chris Koza will lead two workshops for the choir, each in which a minimum of 25 choir members will participate, and a majority of participants report that the workshops helped them grow musically. Chris Koza and Prairie Fire Lady Choir will create a minimum of 6 musical compositions (or roughly 30 minutes of musical content), and Chris Koza will participate in at least 3 rehearsals with Prairie Fire Lady Choir over the course of the grant project. The board (Red Hot Coals) will evaluate the project and its artistic goals as part of the annual choir member end-of-season survey. Survey questions will be designed to specifically measure whether the artistic goals were met.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience members said they were moved at the impact of the music, from both a compositional and performative standpoint.Chris was challenged in notating music and adapting to new methods of teaching and collaborating. He describes the work as some of the most involved and intricate that he’s had the opportunity to create and it was incredibly valuable to his ongoing learning as an artist.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Lisa Mulcahy Heyman, Sara Tinklenberg, Holly Garnell, Janet Malotky, Erica Edwardson, Stephanie Kitzhaber, Emily Murphy, Kelley Hinze-Francis, Anna Raudenbush, Christina Perfetti
Project Manager
First Name
Holly
Last Name
Garnell
Organization Name
Prairie Fire Lady Choir
Street Address
PO Box 40386
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55413
Phone
(651) 269-5966
Email
prairiefireladychoir@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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency