Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
December 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
The Minneapolis Pops Orchestra will perform Free Concerts for Seniors during July 2015, in six performances for low-income seniors with disabilities, at Nicollet Island, Elliot Park, and Cerenity-Humboldt in Saint Paul.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Susan Berdahl: Director of marketing and communications, St. David's Center; Laurel Bradley: Director and curator, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College; Mary Flicek: Arts administrator, board member, River Junctions Arts Council; Scott Gilbert: Theater artist and educator, director and producer, Segue Productions; Nicole Helget: Memoir and fiction writer, Mankato; Elizabeth Larson: Arts administrator, Bach Society of Minnesota, freelance musician; Larry Retzlaff: Landscape painting artist, portrait photographer, cofounder of Third Life Studio, and founder, Q1 Gallery, Minneapolis; Emily Wright: Managing director, Minnesota Guitar Society
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$27,679
Direct expenses
$52,679
Administration costs
$800
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Address three real barriers to participation: economic access, physical access, and transportation, by providing free concerts, accessible venues, and transportation. Feedback from senior activity leaders, project partners, and attendees, discussed at evaluation meetings; comments on survey questionnaires; observation of transportation at concert sites; audience attendance counts and direct observation. 2: Outreach to potential new project partners in Saint Paul for Cerenity performance; explore new partnerships/concert sites in Minneapolis and/or Saint Paul. Evaluation meetings after completion of project, including Orchestra Manager, volunteer coordinator, and representatives of all partnering organizations; number of new partners attending or involved in performances.

Measurable Outcome(s)

All identified barriers successfully addressed. Transportation provided, concerts free of charge, physical access facilitated by site selection, ADA access, and other means. Attendance counts, all venues; audience surveys, all venues; dialogue with project partners, all venues; follow-up meetings (in-person, telephone, e-mail) with partners; discussion at board meeting following end of project. 2: Nurturing ongoing partnerships very successful; outreach to new partners in Saint Paul less successful; continuing work on this. Attendance counts, all venues; audience surveys, all venues; dialogue with project partners, all venues; follow-up meetings (in-person, telephone, e-mail) with partners; discussion at board meeting following end of project.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Cynthia Stokes, Lynn Erickson, William Goldman, Thomas Austin, Mark Bjork, Michael Coddington, Richard Gaynor, John Gray, Shelley Hanson, Mark Kausch, Kathleen Kresge, Jere Lantz, Martha Stutsman, Barbara Thomas, Arnold Walker, Richard Wildberger
Project Manager
First Name
Lucia
Last Name
Magney
Organization Name
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Street Address
2712 41st Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Phone
(612) 219-1707
Email
lmagney@bitstream.net
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
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