Equipment/Facilities Improvement

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

City of Canby

Recipient Type

Local/Regional Government

Status

Completed

Start Date

March 2015

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Yellow Medicine

Lac qui Parle

Lincoln

Lyon

Project Overview

Equipment/Facilities Improvement

Project Details

Canby Theater Performing Arts Sound and Lighting System

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Jane Link: visual artist, Milan Village Arts School founding member, Milan Community Education, Greater Milan Initiative; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council Advisory Board; Kate Aydin: retired educator, developed a curriculum focused on the visual arts, literature, and modern and traditional music of Spain and Latin America; Paula Nemes: musician, librarian, former coordinator of the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, Marshall Area Stage Company; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, founding member and president, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Susan Marco: writer, former high school English and creative writing teacher; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, board member Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: visual artist, musician, theater, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County board; Dana Johnson: producer/filmmaker; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association, Plum Creek Food Co-op, visual artist, musician; Scott Tedrick: journalist, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization, theatre director/actor;

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist.

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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,387

Direct expenses

$6,387

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To enable the theater space to serve as an indoor, year-round venue for a wide range of performing arts possibilities. We would like be able to offer similar programming to our Music in the Park summer series during the late fall, winter, and early spring months. We also know of other groups within the community which would be interested in renting the space for their events, which would also further the goals of the Arts Council. The success of the implementation of the equipment will be measured by whether or not people attend the events held in the space using the equipment. This requested equipment will result in the utilization of a space for this purpose not utilized as such before.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The space is now usable for performing arts without the need for the artists to provide all sound and lighting equipment.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Nicholas Johnson, Ruth Ascher, Michael Tesch, Beverly Benz, Kathie Behrens, Ellie Beman, Paulette Behr, Joyce Meyer, Randy Meyer, Jerry Clark, Neva Kamrath

Project Manager

Ruth

Ascher

City of Canby

110 Oscar Ave N

Canby

56220

(507) 223-7295

cityadm@canby.mntm.org

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