Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,137
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet Association AKA Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
June 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Benton
Morrison
Sherburne
Stearns
Todd
Wright
Benton
Morrison
Sherburne
Stearns
Todd
Wright
Project Overview

Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details

The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet will conduct three Minnesota library tours in the Great River Regional Library system, performing five concerts and one guitar ensemble crash course workshop on each tour for a total of fifteen concerts and three workshops.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Megan Flanagan: Director, City Center Partnership and co-leader, CityArt, Mankato; Simón Alberto Franco Caricote: Student Activities and Leadership Coordinator, University of Minnesota, Morris; Kajsa Jones: Managing director, Merrill Arts Center in Woodbury; Scott Lykins: Founding artistic and executive director, Lakes Area Music Festival; Daniel Peltzman: Assistant manager, Fitzgerald Theater; Louella Voigt: Board member, Blue Mound Area Theatre; Dennis Whipple: Executive director, Great River Educational Arts Theatre

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

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,137
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,896
Direct expenses
$23,033
Administration costs
$850
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

These tours will reach, entertain and educate people in underserved communities that rarely see live performances by professional touring groups. Surveys of audience members will measure the availability of live musical performances in each community, ask audience members which pieces were their favorites, and catalog how many are seeing the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet for the first time. 2: Through the educational workshops, MGQ will introduce local guitar players of all levels to the challenge and fun of playing in a guitar ensemble. Post workshop surveys will measure the levels of challenge felt by workshop participants, levels of enjoyment, and whether there is a desire to continue playing guitar ensemble music in the future.

Measurable Outcome(s)

These tours did reach, entertain and educate people in underserved communities that rarely see live performances by professional touring groups. Surveys of audience members measured the availability of live musical performances in each community, asked audience members which pieces were their favorites, and asked how many were seeing the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet for the first time. 2: In the educational workshops, MGQ introduced local guitar players of all levels to the challenge and fun of playing in a guitar ensemble. Post workshop surveys and interviews measured the levels of challenge felt by workshop participants, levels of enjoyment, and whether there is a desire to continue playing guitar ensemble music in the future.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Wade Oden, Benjamin Kunkel, Joseph Hagedorn, Robert Collier, Ila June Brown-Pratt, Maja Radovanlija, Alex Lubet, Gloria Raheja
Project Manager
First Name
Joseph
Last Name
Hagedorn
Organization Name
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet Association AKA Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Street Address
2550 Dupont Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55405-3506
Phone
(612) 669-2883
Email
hagedornguitar@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