Art Project

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

New London Music Festival

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

March 2014

End Date

October 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Kandiyohi

Swift

Chippewa

Stearns

Benton

Renville

McLeod

Meeker

Big Stone

Lac qui Parle

Douglas

Hennepin

Dakota

Stevens

Lyon

Grant

Washington

Ramsey

Project Overview

Art Project

Project Details

2014 New London Music Festival

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Jane Link: visual artist , Milan Village Arts School founding member, Milan Community Education, Greater Milan Initiative; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council Advisory Board; Kate Aydin: retired educator, developed a curriculum focused on the visual arts, literature, and modern and traditional music of Spain and Latin America, Lincoln County Pioneer Museum board; Paula Nemes: musician, librarian, former coordinator of the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, Vice President of Marshall Area Stage Company; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, founding member and president, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Susan Marco: writer, High School English and creative writing teacher; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, board member Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Ellen Copperud: retired language arts teacher, theatre director; Emily Olson: writer, musician, educator; Dan Wahl: visual artist, musician, theater, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Dan Connolly: musician, music educator, board Renville Friends of the Arts; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasure, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County board; Sydney Massee; visual artist, theatre, Lac qui Parle Valley School Districts board; Audrey Fuller; writer, arts advocate, tribal planner, grant writer.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kathy Schaefer: musician, photographer, Southewest Minnesota State University business professor; Dan Connolly: musician, music educator, board Renville Friends of the Arts; Barb Nelson, art teacher, vocal musician, children's theatre director; Cheri Buzzeo; production manager, Willmar Community Theatre; board member Willmar Area Arts Council; Cheryl Avenel-Navara: retired counselor, arts advocate, former fund raiser and musical performances coordinator for Worthington International Festival; Christa Otteson: Owner of Make.Do.Workshop, nonprofit consultant, former Regional Coordinator Minnesota Council of Non-Profits.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$8,400

Direct expenses

$13,400

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

More Minnesotans, especially those in the Southwest Minnesota Region, will be able to participate in the arts.We will evaluate our project goals based upon ticket sales, a count of wristbands given out at the gate, and through an audience survey that will be conducted the day of the festival. Survey results from the 2014 New London Music Festival will be compared with those of surveys given in 2011, 2012 and 2013 to gauge whether our audience mix reflects our goal of diversifying age range served. Survey results will also tell us where our audience is coming from and how to best reach them in the future.

Measurable Outcome(s)

From the survey we are able to see that the largest portion of audience (approximately 35%) comes from within Kandiyohi County. approximately 30% of the survey respondents were first time attendees. Approximately 25% of survey respondents brought children with them. 85% of the survey respondents thought the price was either just right or a bargain.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jeff Vetsch, Nick Ventrella, Bill Gossman, Kristin Allen, Christa Otteson, Anne Dybsetter.

Project Manager

Bill

Gossman

New London Music Festival

313 1st Ave SE PO Box 35

New London

56273