Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,070
Recipient
Prairie Wind Players of Grant County, Inc AKA Prairie Wind Players
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2024
End Date
June 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Grant
Grant
Project Overview

Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

to present Broadway-level musical theatre in west central Minnesota by producing the musical "Return to the Forbidden Planet" during the Barrett Old Settlers Reunion June 20-24, 2024

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Karen Pifher: Founder, Creating Community Consulting; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Paul V. Johnson: Artist, performer, musician, writer, founder of Paul Johnson Design and Illustration, retired Communication Art and Design instructor at Alexandria Technical and Community College

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Karen Pifher: Founder, Creating Community Consulting; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Paul V. Johnson: Artist, performer, musician, writer, founder of Paul Johnson Design and Illustration, retired Communication Art and Design instructor at Alexandria Technical and Community College

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,070
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,950
Direct expenses
$11,020
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The organization estimates that the majority of participants asked will indicate that the grant project had a positive impact on their communities and that the arts are important to them, either personally or to their communities. The organization will evaluate their activities by talking with participants, collecting comments and polling or voting.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Dan
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
Prairie Wind Players of Grant County, Inc AKA Prairie Wind Players
Street Address
PO Box 246
City
Barrett
State
MN
Zip Code
56311
Phone
(320) 528-2382
Email
zaskem@morris.umn.edu
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

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780