Arts Activities Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Zeitgeist

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2015

End Date

April 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the 2015 - 2016 Eric Stokes Song Contest and the Playing it Close to Home concert. The program will be presented at Studio Z in St Paul and Inver Hills Community College in February 2016.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Minnesota Public Radio Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Erinn Liebhard: Artistic, marketing, administration; Kathryn Murray: Artistic, administration, organizational planning; Betty Mackay: Artistic; Rachel Levitt: Marketing, fundraising, community development; Susan Bernstein: Artistic, administration; Don Mabley-Allen: Artistic, administration, disabilities specialist; Natalie Wass: Artistic, volunteerism, education; Edie Abnet: Artistic, education, community education; Harry Sapienza: Education, administration, finance.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$10,395

Direct expenses

$20,395

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Janika Vandervelde composes a new work for Zeitgeist that is of high artistic quality and enjoyable for new audiences to hear. Zeitgeist's Playing it Close to Home production is attended by 200 people. Attendance will be measured by an audience count. Artistic quality of new work will be measured by surveying our audience and consulting with our performing artists.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Janika Vandervelde created a new work for Zeitgeist, and this new work, plus compositions by 3 contest winners, was presented at 4 Playing it Close to Home concerts reaching 244 audience members. Audience surveys, informal audience interviews, and feedback from artistic staff indicate that Vandervelde's new work was accessible, enjoyable, and worthy of further performances and possible recording.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Craig Sinard, Philip Blackburn, Brett Wartchow, Pat O'Keefe, Carrie Henneman Shaw, Julie Haight-Curran, Sarah Porwell-Lee, Heather Barringer, Chris Campbell

Project Manager

Heather

Barringer

Zeitgeist

275 4th St E Ste 200

St Paul

(651) 755-1600

heather@zeitgeistnewmusic.org

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