Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Midtown Global Music Festival

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2016

End Date

September 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the 7th Annual Midtown Global Music Festival, featuring a lineup of global entertainment including live music, ethnic dance and drumming, and spoken word performance. The festival will take place in July 2017 at the Midtown Global Market in Mi

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 Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$24,350

Direct expenses

$34,350

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To attract an audience of 9,500 people. To present a full day of music and dance performances that features five-plus dance and six-plus music sub-genres. Attendance is measured by Midtown Global Market's high-tech door counters, vendor interviews and police/security discussions. We will tally the genres/sub-genres as well as the total number of Minnesota performing artists who participate in the event.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The 2017 Midtown Global Music Festival attracted 7,000 people who witnessed performances from 13 performing artist groups (8-music, 5 dance). Approx. 111 performing artists participated in the event. The event provided arts access to an underserved market; 50+% of attendees reside in Zip Codes where annual entertainment expenses are 20% less than the Twin Cities average.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

J. Marie Fieger, Jeff Alexander, ZoeAna Martinez

Project Manager

Jeff

Alexander

Midtown Global Music Festival

663 University Ave, Ste 200 C/O NDC

St Paul

55104