Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Mankato Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc. AKA Mankato Symphony Orchestra

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2015

End Date

May 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Brown

Faribault

Le Sueur

Nicollet

Sibley

Waseca

Watonwan

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

Present Music on the Hill Chamber Music Series in 2015-16 and expand the "Pops at the Kato" series to three concerts between Fall 2015 and Spring 2016.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Jessica Barens: Waseca Community Education Advisory Council member; Denice Evers: retired teacher, volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Diane Harms: singer with Saint Peter Choral Society and Minnesota Valley Chorale; Charles Luedtke: retired college Professor of Music, member of the American Guild of Organists Sioux Trails Chapter; Joe McCabe: Saint James City Manager, volunteer with Saint James Community Theater; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher, charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Lauren Shoemaker: music instructor at Saint Peter Public Schools; Dana Sikkila: visual artist, Executive Director of 410 Project Gallery, Mankato; Carol Soma: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Kee Civic Theatre; Bonnie Taplin: member of Red Rock Center for the Arts; Dennis Van Moorlehem: retired teacher, volunteer for Sibley County Fair Board and community festivals; Gina Wenger: Professor of Art at Minnesota State University-Mankato; Greg Wilkins: visual artist, Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University-Mankato.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$22,670

Direct expenses

$30,670

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who are able to participate in the arts increases. The quality, types and number of arts opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offer them increases. Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access are identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization are built. They will survey the audience, conduct interviews with performers, as well as record and review their concerts. Audience demographics and numbers will be tracked through ticket sales and survey questions.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who were able to participate in the arts increased. The quality, types and number of arts opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offered them increased. Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access were identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization were built.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Katie Wayne, Herb Kroon, Keith Balster, Cheryl Regan, Jerry Crest, John Frey, Lori Smart, Shannon Beal, Marcia Jagodzinske, Jason Teiken, Scott Weilage, Amber Power

Project Manager

Sara

Buechmann

Mankato Symphony Orchestra Association AKA Mankato Symphony Orchestra

PO Box 645

Mankato

56002-0645

(507) 625-8880

mso@hickorytech.net

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