Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,680

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

JOYA! Chamber Music Series

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2016

End Date

April 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Anoka

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for four chamber music concerts at Zion Lutheran Church in Anoka. Concerts will be held in October, November, February, and April 2016-2017.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair of El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director of World Music and Dance and the International Children’s Festival; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Katie Vang: Artistic, organizational development, community service; Ben Krywosz: Artistic, organizational planning, administration; Christina Dahlheimer: Fundraising, organizational development, administration; Reona Berry: Artistic; Sarah Steichen Stiles: Administration, artistic, community service, education, youth programming; Katherine Smith-Flores: Education, administration; Dawn Witt Saxton: Marketing, administration, volunteerism, organizational development; Jijun He: General administration; Alyssa Hawkins: Education, community service, organizational development.

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,680

Other Funds Leveraged

$11,900

Direct expenses

$21,580

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We hope to achieve an average attendance of at least 200 audience members per concert. A second goal is that 100% of the participating artists will consider the experience to have been rewarding and something they wish to do again in the future. The average attendance will be evaluated by counting the number of tickets collected at each concert. We will solicit post-performance feedback from the participating artists to ascertain their level of satisfaction and willingness to perform with Joya in the future.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We had a total attendance of just under 700 people for the four concerts that were performed by fifteen different artists. We successfully showed how beautiful chamber music for brass and wind instruments can be. Audience feedback included: "The Uptown Brass Concert was the best concert I have ever heard" and "I never thought I'd like a weird piece like Voice of the Whale... I loved it!"

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

DeeAnn Cameron, Mary Jo Gothmann, Diane Hewitt, Bruce Messer, Michelle Messer

Project Manager

Mary Jo

Gothmann

JOYA! Chamber Music Series

1179 Ravenswood St

Shoreview

55126