Production Assistance

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ameriikan Poijat Finish Brass Band
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Rice
Dakota
Rice
Project Overview
Production Assistance
Project Details
Ameriikan Poijat Vaudeville Performances.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Scott Anderson: Historic Paramount Theatre; Liz Bucheit: owner/artist Crown Trout Jewelers; Alan Calavano: Rochester Male Chorus; Daniel Freeman: Lockwood Theatre Company; Carolyn Hiller: Choral Arts Ensemble; William Hoy: playwright and songwriter; Mike Larson: Loft-McKnight Fellow in Poetry; Katie Leo: Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Community Liaison; Jane Olive: Mantorville Theatre Company; Tom Willis: visual artist.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Andrea Costopoulos: board president Rochester Arts Council; Emilio DeGrazia: executive director Great River Review; Daved Driscoll: artistic director Northland Words/Words Players Theatre; Drue Fergison: musicologist with dance and literary expertise; Ryan Heinritz: executive director Paradise Center for the Arts; Teresa Kauffmann: photographer and public information officer City of Albert Lea; Paula Michel: secretary Harmony Arts Board; Scott Roberts: Business Director Owatonna Arts Center; Judy Saye-Willis: former director Faribault Art Center; Deb Wasmund: coordinator Red Wing Fall Festival of the Arts.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,500
Direct expenses
$9,500
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provides a variety of opportunities for residents of southeastern Minnesota to participate in the arts.Success measured through audience size and written feedback when appropriate.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The 2012 season of Ameriikan poijat was aimed at further developing our audience base in Southeastern Minnesota and to especially reach more elderly listeners. Also we targeted Paradise and Faribault as a new audience area and performance setting. Evaluat

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Brian Borovsky, Tracey Gibbens, Roger Gomoll, Don Hakala, Paul Niemisto, Denise Pesola, Russell Pesola
Project Manager
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Niemisto
Organization Name
Ameriikan Poijat Finish Brass Band
Street Address
608 Zanmiller Dr W
City
Northfield
State
MN
Zip Code
55057-1207
Phone
(507) 645-7554
Email
niemisto@stolaf.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

2510 Superior Dr NW Ste B
Rochester, MN 55901-2262 

Phone
Project Manager: Anastasia Shartin
(507) 281-4848
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