Community Arts Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,925
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Granite City Folk Society
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2022
End Date
February 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Stearns
Project Overview

Community Arts Support

Project Details

Live, traditional/folk/acoustic music.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Linda Brobeck: CMAB Board Vice Chair, Minnesota visual artist and owner of Crow River North, LLC., has served on a number of non-profit boards; Joyce Lyons: CMAB Board Secretary, CMA actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Comm Orchestra Advisory Board; Denise Todd: CMAB Board Member, Dance Valdosta State University; U.S. Air Force Veteran, Geospatial Intelligence Analyst; undergraduate at St. Cloud State University pursuing a Major in Community Health; Jo McMullen-Boyer: CMAB Board Member, Station Manage of KVSC Radio, Grant writer, Music Concert Projucer, Community Events Organizer; Spencer Madsen: CMAB Board Member, Writer; educator; theatrical performer; aspiring filmmaker and visual artist; B.A. in English Education; M.A. in American Literature; orchardist at Clear Lake Cider; Gretchen Boulka: CMAB Board Member, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, member of the Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) and on the Board of Directors for Minnesota Presenters Network; Tanya Piatz-Sandberg: CMAB Board Member, Visual Merchandiser with 3D display experience, fashion, event execution, and corporate shop concepts; 2D visual artist specializing in illustration and photography

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Linda Brobeck: CMAB Board Vice Chair, Minnesota visual artist and owner of Crow River North, LLC., has served on a number of non-profit boards; Joyce Lyons: CMAB Board Secretary, CMA actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Comm Orchestra Advisory Board; Denise Todd: CMAB Board Member, Dance Valdosta State University; U.S. Air Force Veteran, Geospatial Intelligence Analyst; undergraduate at St. Cloud State University pursuing a Major in Community Health; Jo McMullen-Boyer: CMAB Board Member, Station Manage of KVSC Radio, Grant writer, Music Concert Projucer, Community Events Organizer; Spencer Madsen: CMAB Board Member, Writer; educator; theatrical performer; aspiring filmmaker and visual artist; B.A. in English Education; M.A. in American Literature; orchardist at Clear Lake Cider; Gretchen Boulka: CMAB Board Member, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, member of the Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) and on the Board of Directors for Minnesota Presenters Network; Tanya Piatz-Sandberg: CMAB Board Member, Visual Merchandiser with 3D display experience, fashion, event execution, and corporate shop concepts; 2D visual artist specializing in illustration and photography

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,925
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,523
Direct expenses
$7,448
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
547
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Continue to present live acoustic/folk/traditional music concerts. Count the countables: ticket sales, number of events, number of artists booked.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We continued on-line concerts for the first half of the season and resumed in-person concerts at First Presbyterian Church for the second half. Ticket sales, tip-jar contributions, and audience remarks say that the live events were very welcome. Note that Youth and Adult Online-Actual figures were not directly measurable.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Activities none of the proposed outcomes
Recipient Board Members
John Forsythe: founder emeritus institutional memory, Paul Imholte: executive director booker, Paul Cotton: newsletter editor, mailing list manager, Cristina Seaborn: secretary, Facebook, website Eventbrite wrangler, Russell Letson: grant general-material
Project Manager
First Name
Russell
Last Name
Letson
Organization Name
Granite City Folk Society
Street Address
1425 23rd St SE
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Zip Code
56304
Phone
(320) 253-8749
Email
granitecityfolk@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

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3