Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
Recipient Type
Local/Regional Government
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2015
End Date
August 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Project Overview
Arts and Cultural Heritage
Project Details
2015 World Music Mini Residencies
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Kjellgren Alkire: art faculty Winona State University; Daved Driscoll: Artistic Director Words Players Theatre; Julie Fakler: Edication Coordinator Paradise Center for the Arts; Larry Gorrell: former dean Saint Mary's University; Connie Nelson: retired music educator; Jane Olive: Mantorville Theatre Company; Judy Saye-Willis: fiber artist; Steve Schmidt: General Manager City of Rochester Music Department.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Scott Anderson: musician; Liz Bucheit: owner/artist Crown Trout Jewelers; Andrea Gaffke: arts administrator; Judy Hickey: Board Children's Dance Theatre; Bill Hoy: playwright, songwriter; David Kassler: musician; Kathy Rush: Lockwood Theatre Company; Jon Swanson: curator Minnesota Marine Art Museum; Joan Sween: novelist, columnist, playwright; Gary Tollers: musician.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Robin Pearson (507) 281-4848
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$13,500
Direct expenses
$23,500
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

All project services will be free events, thus removing ticket price as a barrier to participation. Outreach service participant, will have the opportunity to meet artists in an up close and personal manner and to engage these artists, in conversation through question and answer periods.Surveys to track demographic information and collect first person artistic impact statements measuring how services enhance the Southeastern Minnesota region, artistic quality, and if audience members develop knowledge/skills/understanding of the music presented will be distributed.

Measurable Outcome(s)

This project recognized and addressed real or perceived barriers to participation. All project services were free events. Outreach service participants also had the opportunity to meet artists and to engage these artists in conversation through question and answer periods.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Carol Berteotti, Mary Jo Briggs, Marv Mitchell, Dennis Brooks, Marti Abts, Patricia Barrier, Daniel Druback, Shelley Mahannah, Karuna Ojanen, Steve Orwoll, Sankesh Prabhakar, William Smith Jr, Barb Sorensen
Project Manager
First Name
Steven
Last Name
Schmidt
Organization Name
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
Street Address
201 4th St SE Ste 170
City
Rochester
State
MN
Zip Code
55904-3778
Phone
(507) 328-2201
Email
steve@riversideconcerts.com
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

2510 Superior Dr NW Ste B
Rochester, MN 55901-2262 

Phone
Project Manager: Anastasia Shartin
(507) 281-4848
Email the Agency