Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Recipient
4Unity
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2024
End Date
September 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Cottonwood
Faribault
Hennepin
Jackson
Martin
Nobles
Watonwan
Winona
Blue Earth
Cottonwood
Faribault
Hennepin
Jackson
Martin
Nobles
Watonwan
Winona
Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

They will host the Cornstalk Festival June 2024. The festival will include multiple music performances and children's theater activities. Funds will be used for artist fees.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tom Davis Barna: writer, director, producer and actor, has created many theatrical and musical productions, staged readings, and published works as a children's author; Carolyn Borgen: musician and string bass instructor and board member of the New Ulm Figure Skating Club; Justin Ek: visual artist known for his murals, paintings, and work with area youth, and founder of the Mankato Day of the Dead Celebration and the Mankato Art Crawl; Julie Forderer: retired elementary and special education teacher at United South Central Public School, Wells, choreographer for school musicals and community theater events; Kristie Gaalswyk-Pomerenke: Web Editor at University of Minnesota Extension, former Education Coordinator at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, and a board member for the Martin County Area Foundation and Fairmont Community Education; Moni Harper: musician with the Fairmont City Band, the Trimont Centennial Band, and the bugler for Fairmont VFW and Legion Honor Guard, and has served on the Boards for Fairmont Opera House and Civic Summer Theatre; Michael Looft: City Administrator for Winthrop and is an integral part of the Bavarian Blast music festival, New Ulm; April Malphurs: glass artist and art teacher at Le Sueur Henderson schools and for community art camps in St. Peter and the Minnetonka Center for the Arts; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher and charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Sandy Sunde: retired Language Arts teacher and high school musical director, member of Uniting Cultures Community Theater Board and CAPP-Comprehensive Arts Planning Program; Dave Wahl: singer, actor, and former musician, and an active board member of the Springfield Community Theatre; Mark Wamma: Music Director and Operations Director for Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra, teaches violin and viola, and a founding member of the Two Rivers Community Orchestra and River Valley String Quartet.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Tom Davis Barna: writer, director, producer and actor, has created many theatrical and musical productions, staged readings, and published works as a children's author; Carolyn Borgen: musician and string bass instructor and board member of the New Ulm Figure Skating Club; Justin Ek: visual artist known for his murals, paintings, and work with area youth, and founder of the Mankato Day of the Dead Celebration and the Mankato Art Crawl; Julie Forderer: retired elementary and special education teacher at United South Central Public School, Wells, choreographer for school musicals and community theater events; Kristie Gaalswyk-Pomerenke: Web Editor at University of Minnesota Extension, former Education Coordinator at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, and a board member for the Martin County Area Foundation and Fairmont Community Education; Moni Harper: musician with the Fairmont City Band, the Trimont Centennial Band, and the bugler for Fairmont VFW and Legion Honor Guard, and has served on the Boards for Fairmont Opera House and Civic Summer Theatre; Michael Looft: City Administrator for Winthrop and is an integral part of the Bavarian Blast music festival, New Ulm; April Malphurs: glass artist and art teacher at Le Sueur Henderson schools and for community art camps in St. Peter and the Minnetonka Center for the Arts; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher and charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Sandy Sunde: retired Language Arts teacher and high school musical director, member of Uniting Cultures Community Theater Board and CAPP-Comprehensive Arts Planning Program; Dave Wahl: singer, actor, and former musician, and an active board member of the Springfield Community Theatre; Mark Wamma: Music Director and Operations Director for Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra, teaches violin and viola, and a founding member of the Two Rivers Community Orchestra and River Valley String Quartet.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,875
Direct expenses
$8,875
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who are able to participate in the arts increases. Increase quality, types and groups that offer arts education and learning opportunities. The variety and number of festivals and traditional arts activities in our state increases. The variety and number of festivals and traditional arts activities in our state increases. A volunteer will distribute the survey and tabulate the results. She has been in this role in the past and has done a fine job with completing the task.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Bailey
Last Name
Scott
Organization Name
4Unity
Street Address
437 40th Ave
City
Dunnell
State
MN
Zip Code
56127
Phone
(808) 557-6166
Email
baileybeth21@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

105 22nd Avenue NE, Suite A
Waseca, MN 56093

Phone
Project Manager: Anna Pollock
507-833-8721
Email the Agency
Location

105 22nd Avenue NE, Suite A
Waseca, MN 56093

Phone
Project Manager: Anna Pollock
507-833-8721
Email the Agency