Art Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,972
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Buffalo Ridge Chorale
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2019
End Date
December 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Lincoln
Lyon
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Lac qui Parle
Project Overview

Art Project

Project Details

2019 Concert Series.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women’s Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Scott Wessels: theater actor, director, writing, media, communications, board member for Green Earth Players; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Anne Dybsetter: visual art, writing; John Ginocchio: music, education; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board; Jane Nygaard: arts advocate; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University associate director for Access Opportunity Success program, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board; Tom Wirt: visual art.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,972
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,005
Direct expenses
$9,977
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Continue to improve in quality. 2. In order for quality to be improved, the chorale must maintain its excellent level of attendance of by individual members. 3. Involve people of different ages. With young people as soloists, we expect that their parents and siblings would attend the concert. Attendance levels are easily quantifiable, since we keep an attendance sheet for every rehearsal. At our concerts we will use an audience survey which will tell us the ages of concert attendees.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our attendance percentages remained about the same: 70% had perfect attendance. That is commendable since we had even more members who travel from a distance of twenty miles or more. The survey results showed that people are enthusiastic about our repertoire. It also illustrated that increasingly, people are willing to travel in order to hear our concerts.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Donna Kurth, Nancy Sandro, Roberta Trooien, Dana Crooks, David Pollard, Rusty Nelson, Barb Nelson
Project Manager
First Name
Roberta
Last Name
Trooien
Organization Name
Buffalo Ridge Chorale
Street Address
48542 197th St
City
Hendricks
State
MN
Zip Code
56136
Phone
(605) 832-2651
Email
rjtrooien@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

509 W Main St, PO Box 55
Marshall, Minnesota 56258 

Phone
Phone Manager: Nicole DeBoer
(507) 537-1471
Email the Agency