Community Arts

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Three Rivers Park District

Recipient Type

Local/Regional Government

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

September 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for Silverwood Park Summer Performance Series of twelve free concerts at Silverwood Park outdoor amphitheater between May and September 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

Kathy Mattson: community arts, multidisciplinary, organizational development, volunteerism, fundraising; Dawn Ridgway: dance, theatre, multidisciplinary, general management, audience development, artistic; Alejandra Pelinka: visual arts, community arts, general management, artistic, volunteerism; Peter Carlson: music, artist; Mary Beth King: theatre, music, multidisciplinary, artist, organizational development, general management; Pam Braunwarth: ceramics, artistic; Ruth Virkus: theatre, artist, general management; Karl Diekman: music, artist, general management.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

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

$4,600

Direct expenses

$9,600

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To present 12 free music concerts on Sunday and Wednesday nights attracting over 4000 attendees; offer park users and area residents the opportunity to enjoy music in a beautiful outdoor space; to fulfill the park’s mission of using arts as a vehicle to connect people more closely to nature and the environment; to promote other opportunities to explore the arts through Silverwood’s art education program.Informal discussions with concert attendees; attendance counts at all performances; follow-up conversations with each performance group; collection of post-performance feedback on park’s Facebook page.

Measurable Outcome(s)

One-hundred and forty-two artists presented in 10 free concerts; 2320 individuals attended the concerts; the annual art fair was moved to a different month which effected attendance; participants spoke highly of concerts.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Sara Wyatt, Marilynn Corcoran, Joan Peters, Dale Woodbeck, John Gibbs, Larry Blackstad

Project Manager

Thomas

Moffatt

Three Rivers Park District

2500 County Rd E W

St Anthony

55421