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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Gilda's Club Twin Cities
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details
Gilda’s Club will collaborate with Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theatre Company to create a performance that conveys the complexities of living with cancer by blending movement, music, and text.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
William Adams: Public policy consultant; community leader of Kaddatz Galleries creation; Elaine Allen: Retired RN; literacy tutor and co-coordinator of church art program; Selma Fernandez Richter: Photographer documenting the immigrant experience; Roxanne Givens: Founder, Minnesota African American Museum and Cultural Center; Matthew Guidry: Co-founder and artistic director of Upstream Arts; actor, director, educator, choreographer; Tyra Hughes: Marriage and family therapist; participant in Art of Recovery program as exhibitor, judicator, and speaker; Jane Zilch: Consultant and educator for non-profit organizations; board member of Theater Latte Da
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$25,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$55,813
Direct expenses
$80,813
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Positive impact on their life, feel less fear, face the future more positively, more in control of their lives, less lonely, reduced stress. We will conduct pre and post surveys with participants, exit interviews, written evaluations, Survey Monkey, and video tape the post- performance Q and A sessions (SPDTC Talk Piece).

Measurable Outcome(s)

GCTC and SPDT explored cancer stories through movement, music, and voice, while reducing participant isolation and stress. Each participant in the LISTEN Project filled out an online survey with quantitative and qualitative questions regarding their experience and feedback for the project. Gilda’s Club also conducted exist interviews with some participants, and audience members were invited to provide written feedback, as well as verbal feedback during a post-performance question and answer session.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jennifer Eastman, Renée Garpestad, Gary Gottschalk, Jerald Hammann, Louise Harris, John Hupp, Liz Jacobs-Michka, Rick Kleven, Jenni Lilledahl, Valerie Martinson, Ehren McGeehan, Kirsten Moertel, Joni Pierce, Al Seck, Wendy Marie Seyb, Eva Stevens
Project Manager
First Name
Allison
Last Name
DeCamillis
Organization Name
Gilda's Club Twin Cities
Street Address
10560 Wayzata Blvd
City
Minnetonka
State
MN
Zip Code
55305
Phone
(612) 227-2147
Email
allison.decamillis@gildasclubtwincities.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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