Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
SunsetGun Productions
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2013
End Date
December 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding to develop and produce BLUEPRINT, a play about a woman as she presents a how-to-guide on what it means to be a woman today. Performances will take place at Red Eye Theater 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
Charles Campbell: artistic, administration, marketing; Daniel Pinkerton: artistic; Louis Porter II: artistic, organizational planning, education; Heather Everhart: artistic, administration, marketing; Hayley Johnson: general management; Jamil Dwan Jude: artistic; Lindsy Halleckson: artistic, general management; Elizabeth Simonson: artistic, administration; Hilary Smith: fundraising.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2013 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
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,300
Direct expenses
$12,300
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Present a new one-woman play that tackles gender and civil rights issues; expand audience.Email survey; financial evaluation; post-show discussions.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Response from audience members and participants was overwhelmingly positive; 36 women from diverse backgrounds were interviewed to form the content of the play.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Chris Kopka, Caly McMorrow, Kathleen Reilly, Ruth Weiner, Laura Zabel
Project Manager
First Name
Candy
Last Name
Simmons
Organization Name
SunsetGun Productions
Street Address
2000 Emerson Ave S Apt 1
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55405
Phone
(917) 929-1379
Email
sunsetgunproductions@gmail.com
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