Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Maggie Bergeron and Company
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2013
End Date
July 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for Leaver’s Ball, a dance and music project inspired by the high school prom. Performances will take place at Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis in July 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Craig Harris: organizational development, administration, artist; Greg Bullard: organizational development, administration, finance; Tina Meckel: fundraising, artistic, administration; Mary Elizabeth Lee: artistic, audience development, computer systems; Ellen Cattadoris: fundraising, community service; Yumi Inomata: administration; Pete Driessen: artistic; Erika Herrmann: administration.
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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$13,055
Direct expenses
$18,055
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Create an exciting new dance work that explores the theme of prom through a collaboration with dancers, designers, musicians and high school students.Audience talkbacks; post-show interviews with collaborators and students; financial evaluation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

High school students were engaged in the process of choreographing and presenting a new work; audience numbers reached 300.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Pearl Rea, Sarah Baumert, Jason Clusman, Bonnie Schock, Carol Markham-Cousins, Brian Goranson
Project Manager
First Name
Maggie
Last Name
Bergeron
Organization Name
Maggie Bergeron and Company
Street Address
3309 46th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 220-1659
Email
maggie@maggiebdance.org
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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency