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2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,245
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mill City Summer Opera
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Through "Opera is Epic!," underserved youth will participate with Mill City Summer Opera artists in an interactive day camp where they'll experience and learn how to create an opera, culminating with a free performance for youth and their families.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kjellgren Alkire: Artist and researcher; faculty member, Saint Mary's University Winona; Adam Courville: Arts educator and manager, puppeteer; studying for master''s in nonprofit management at Hamline; Shelley Johnson: Theater and dance teacher at Franklin Middle School; Cheryl Kessler: Founder and principal evaluator, Blue Scarf Consulting, LLC; Jessica O'Brien: Associate director, Minnesota Council of Churches’ Mankato refugee services; Dameun Strange: Bush Foundation Community Innovation Team member
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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,245
Other Funds Leveraged
$16,116
Direct expenses
$44,361
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Underserved youth and their families will be exposed to opera for the first time, gaining appreciation of opera as an art form. We will track the number of participating youth and youth and families who attend our performance. We will use previous year's data to track change in participation. 2: We will learn new ways to address real and perceived barriers to accessing opera, and engage more underserved youth to learn and love opera. We will work with partner groups and conduct informal focus groups with past participants to discuss barriers. Participant surveys and reviews with partner organizations will measure our results.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Underserved youth and their families were exposed to opera for the first time, gaining appreciation of opera as an art form. We tracked the number of participating youth and youth and families who attend our performance. We used previous year's data to track change in participation. 2: We learned new ways to address real and perceived barriers to accessing opera, and engaged more underserved youth to learn and love opera. We worked with partner groups and conducted informal focus groups with past participants to discuss barriers. Participant surveys and reviews with partner organizations measured our results.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Karen Brooks, Genna Carlson, Ellen Doll, Noah Eisenberg, Kingston Fletcher, Tom Forsythe, Bill Gamble, Joanne Henry, Heather Johnson, Patrick Kennedy, Alex Legeros, Mary Jane Melendez, Merle Minda, Rachael Scherer, Lee Schafer, Lee Vaughan, Merete Wells
Project Manager
First Name
Lea
Last Name
Johnson
Organization Name
Mill City Summer Opera
Street Address
3208 W Lake St
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55416
Phone
(612) 916-7333
Email
lmj_consulting@comcast.net
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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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