Production Assistance

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Picaresque II
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Goodhue
Goodhue
Project Overview

Production Assistance

Project Details

Voice of Peace.

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

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,530
Direct expenses
$4,530
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)

Pelon composed two entirely new pieces, arranged three solo pieces for mixed voices, and three for a vocal ensemble.  Local musicians had the opportunity to work with a professional musician and learned and performed a style they hadn’t heard before.  Several choirs have expressed interest in a similar program for their upcoming repertoire.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Gary Holthaus, Lauren Pelon, Richard Vollertsen, Cynthia Fellows
Project Manager
First Name
Gary
Last Name
Holthaus
Organization Name
Picaresque II
Street Address
PO Box 401
City
Red Wing
State
MN
Zip Code
55066-1733
Phone
(651) 388-8945
Email
laurenpelon@earthlink.net
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
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Location

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

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