Arts Project Grant
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,800
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mesabi Community Orchestra AKA Mesabi Symphony Orchestra
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2014
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Project Overview
Arts Project Grant
Project Details
Concert support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian, information media specialist; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator at MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music artist, former director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Dana Mattice: freelance art journalist, fine arts museum publicist.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian, information media specialist; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator at MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music artist, former director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Dana Mattice: freelance art journalist, fine arts museum publicist.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2014 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
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,800
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,480
Direct expenses
$10,280
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Present two successful performances, maintain membership of 42 musicians or more; draw audiences of 150 or more at each concert and meet budget.Boar will collect and review financial results, audience numbers reported, memberships retained or increased.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Presented two successful performances, maintained our musician membership, and met our overall budget. Audience numbers at each performance were lower than expected.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Russell Bergum, Sarah Antanies, Ben Johnson, Kris Coombe, Sheila Wilcox, Karen McManus, Lynn Evenson, Erik Honkanen, Mary Peterson, Roberta Tomasetti
Project Manager
First Name
Sheila
Last Name
Wilcox
Organization Name
Mesabi Symphony Orchestra
Street Address
PO Box 600
City
Virginia
State
MN
Zip Code
55792
Phone
(218) 290-9877
Email
sheilawilcox@accessmn.com
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