Quick Start Grants

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$40

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Rachael E. Kilgour

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

August 2016

End Date

September 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Aitkin

Carlton

Cook

Itasca

Lake

Koochiching

St. Louis

Project Overview

Quick Start Grants

Project Details

New York City Performance and Record Release

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artists, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Paul LaJeunesse: visual artist, Assistant Professor of Art at the College of Saint Scholastica; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artists, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$40

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,155

Direct expenses

$2,195

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Develop my performance skills in front of a larger audience - adjust to the size of the space and audience and invite them in for an intimate listening experience. 2. Expand listener base in the North East - bring in new listeners to the concert through print and radio promotion, grow my mailing list. 3. Increase visibility for my work and specifically for the new album, "Rabbit in the Road" - sell the album to a large percentage of concert attendees. Goal 1: The outcome for this goal is relatively subje

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Developed my performance skills in front of a larger audience - adjusted to the size of the space and audience and invite them in for an intimate listening experience. 2. Expanded listener base in the North East - brought in new listeners to the concert through print and radio promotion, grew my mailing list. 3. Increases visibility for my work and specifically for the new album, "Rabbit in the Road" - sold the album to many concertgoers.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Rachael

Kilgour

Rachael Kilgour

(218) 349-6494

rachaelkilgour@gmail.com

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