Art Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,125
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
North Shore Music Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2019
End Date
December 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
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Project Overview

Art Project Grant

Project Details

Samite - Uganda-born musician and humanitarian performs his multimedia play "Resilience" and offers a public talk and youth outreach.

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

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; 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; 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
$3,125
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,830
Direct expenses
$5,955
Administration costs
$1,005
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our long-range goal is to build on our mission "to inspire lives and create community by offering exceptional live performance and artistic diversity, engaging all ages with opportunities to experience, learn, and participate… for the love of music." Our short-range goal for the project is to share with our community the gifts of healing and compassion that Samite offers, along with his stunning musical talents. Success will look like an auditorium, classroom, and community room full of artistically and emotionally riveted and inspired people. We hope to see at least 80 attendees at the "Resilience" performance, and twenty or more at the talk and social hour. Evaluation will include attendee counts, assessment of post-event feedback, both verbal and written (surveys, comments via social media, e-mail, letter). 80 or more performance tickets sold, twenty or more attendees at the talk and social hour, and survey consensuses of high satisfaction at each event will be the marks of a successful project. The North Shore Music Association director will present numbers and feedback to the Board for evaluation and discussion at our November meeting. We will use this information to design future programming that effectively meets the expectations and needs of our audiences.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our long-range goal was to build on our mission "to inspire lives and create community by offering exceptional live performance and artistic diversity, engaging all ages with opportunities to experience, learn, and participate? for the love of music." Our short-range goal for the project was to share with our community the gifts of healing and compassion that Samite offers, along with his stunning musical talents. Success will looked like an auditorium and classrooms a full of artistically and emotionally riveted and inspired people. We hoped to see at least 80 attendees at the "Resilience" performance. Evaluation included attendee counts, assessment of post-event feedback both verbal and written (surveys, comments via social media, e-mail, letter). 80 or more performance tickets sold and survey consensuses of high satisfaction at each event were our gauges for a successful project. NSMA Director Kate Fitzgerald presented numbers and feedback to the Board at our November 2019 meeting for evaluation and discussion. We will use this information to design future programming that effectively meets the expectations and needs of our audiences.

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

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Chel Anderson, Wayne Russ, Greg Tofte, Cheryl Larsen, Philis Anderson, Carl Solander, Tracey Cullen, Rovena Claxton
Project Manager
First Name
Kate
Last Name
Fitzgerald
Organization Name
North Shore Music Association
Street Address
PO Box 1376
City
Grand Marais
State
MN
Zip Code
55604-1376
Phone
(218) 387-1272
Email
music@boreal.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
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