Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
ARENA Dances AKA Mathew Janczewski's ARENA DANCES
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2012
End Date
March 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
March concert season
Project Details
Funding to support the companyÆs March 2013 concert season at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, including the development of IMPRINT, a new dance created by choreographer Mathew Janczewski and composer/improviser Philip Fried.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Jane Ramseyer Miller: Artistic Director, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Maggie Scanlan: Artistic Director, Nightpath Theatre; Barb Rose: Consultant, Side by Side Associates; Jessica Tatro: Organizing Representative, Sierra Club Beyond Coal to Clean Energy; Carrie Vecchione: Teacher, MacPhail Center for Music; LaDonna Morrison: Board Member, Theatre Space Project; Annie Enneking: Children's Theatre Company Neighborhood Bridges; Phira Rehm: Freelance Artist; Dan Rein: Program Producer, KFAI; Katie Kaufmann: Producer and Director.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$23,590
Direct expenses
$33,590
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To create a new dance that speaks to audiences; to diversify ARENA audiences by reaching out to jazz and new music audiences.Attendance; audience response and direct feedback; press response.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences and critics responded enthusiastically to the performance; inclusion of students from the Saint Paul Conservatory of Music was considered a significant success by the organization and critics.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Matthew Janczewski, Sarah Thompson, Erin Harney, Heather Humbert, Brad Liebman, Ron Lotz, Trent Lunder, Heather Pilakowski, Bill Schaefer, Sandy Simmons
Project Manager
First Name
Mathew
Last Name
Janczewski
Organization Name
ARENA Dances AKA Mathew Janczewski's ARENA DANCES
Street Address
528 Hennepin Ave Ste 511
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55403-1810
Phone
(612) 804-0238
Email
arenadances@gmail.com
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