Art Project Grant

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,350

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

January 2016

End Date

October 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Art Project Grant

Project Details

Two Concerts - Four Local Soloists

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director for North Shore Music Association, writer; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 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 Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,350

Other Funds Leveraged

$28,740

Direct expenses

$32,090

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The mission of the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra is to produce a summer series of professional caliber chamber orchestra concerts in Duluth. From its inception thirty years ago the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has sought to support and celebrate talent from the region. All of our orchestral musicians are either Twin Ports area residents or in some instances natives come home for the season to visit family and play with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra. The same is true for many of our featured soloists - including the four soloists supported by this grant proposal. Winner of four national American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Awards for Adventuresome Programming, the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra will continue this commitment with the exciting repertoire for these two concerts. The artistic evaluation will be made by the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra’s Artistic Director and Board of Directors based on formal and informal evaluations from participant musicians, from comments of audience members and from reviews in the press.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Two public concerts were presented as described in the grant proposal: 7/21/2016 featuring flautist Kathryn Sandor and pianist Alexander Sandor; and 7/20/2017 featuring baritone Jeff Madison and soprano Vicki Fingalson.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Brenda Schrader-Johnson, Geoff Popham, Lori Steward, Pamela Benson, Aaron Bransky, Charles Leibfried, Stephanie Reller, Nairi Stack Barbara Swanson

Project Manager

Warren

Friesen

Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra

PO Box 434

Duluth

55801