Art Project Grant

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,966

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Wise Fool Shakespeare

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

In Progress

Start Date

October 2014

End Date

February 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Carlton

Cook

Lake

Project Overview

Art Project Grant

Project Details

Wise Fool Shakespeare will utilize more volunteers to decrease the dollar amounts necessary of some of the artists’ stipends. We will also seek out less expensive means of advertising and offer trades for advertisements wherever possible. This will account for the $1910 difference in the budget.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: student of Art Education at University of Minnesota-Duluth, ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,966

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,034

Direct expenses

$7,000

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Wise Fool Shakespeare will endeavor to present an original adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. We believe this production will have a positive impact on our organization in several ways. We hope to see a large audience turn out for this production, but also we hope that these guests turn into long term theater patrons. We also work to provide our actors with new and different opportunities - A Christmas Carol is unlike anything Wise Fool Shakespeare has done before.Wise Fool Shakespeare has several methods to determine the success of this production. We are able to gauge success by hard data including ticket sales, reviews and other press, emails, letters, and verbal comments. Our ticketing software also allows us to insert survey questions into the ticket buying process. Event attendees can be polled via Facebook Events, or with traditional pen and paper surveys at the event itself. Wise Fool Shakespeare has also decided to start asking our artists to take participation surveys so we can keep working towards providing worthwhile arts experiences for them.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Cheryl Skafte, Paul Cannan, Alison Klawiter, Susan Boorsma, Rebecca Farmer, Tony Barrett

Project Manager

Chani

Ninneman

Wise Fool Shakespeare

1631 4th St E Ste 6

Duluth

55812