Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,865
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
International Friendship Through the Performing Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
December 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Project Overview

Arts Access

Project Details

International Friendship Through the Performing Arts will hire top ethnic and jazz musicians to perform concerts and participate in outreach activities in eight Minnesota retirement communities.

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Catherine Belleveau: Founder and artistic director, Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective; Rhonda Dass: Associate professor of anthropology and director of museum studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Horslev Gilbert: Community outreach director, Holmes Theatre; McKayla Murphy: Program resources specialist at Girl Scouts River Valleys; dance instructor and program coordinator; Simon Sperl: Director of corporate and foundation relations. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities; Chelsea Unold: Free Arts progam manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Twin Cities; Julio Zelaya: Greater Minnesota Racial Justice Project Coordinator with the American Civil Liberties Union

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,865
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,512
Direct expenses
$27,377
Administration costs
$1,400
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Residents with limited mobility in Minnesota retirement communities will hear performances of ethnic music, jazz, or classical music chosen by them. Number of concert attendees and TV viewers will be counted. Comment sheets will be distributed and results will be analyzed and tabulated. Video recordings of concerts will be made for future analysis. 2: IFTPA will expand our connections to three new retirement communities and offer new performers to ones we have served in the past. Comment sheets will be distributed with programs and partner community staff and musicians. The results will be analyzed and tabulated.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Residents with limited mobility in Minnesota retirement communities heard performances of ethnic music, jazz, or classical music chosen by them. The number of concert attendees and TV viewers were counted. Surveys were distributed to attendess and the results were analyzed and tabulated. Video recordings of some concerts were be made for future analysis. 2: IFTPA will expanded connections to new retirement communities and offered new performers to ones we have served in the past. Surveys were distributed to attendees, partner community staff and musicians. The results were analyzed and tabulated.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Paul Dice, Lauren Pelon, Chris Coy, Linda Reed, Professor C. Victor Fung, Theodore Riggi, Evelyn Lee Soen, Changjun Xu, Professor Jiazhen Zhao, Professor Stephen Yanli Zheng
Project Manager
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Dice
Organization Name
International Friendship Through the Performing Arts
Street Address
1960 Cliff Lake Rd Ste 129-219
City
Eagan
State
MN
Zip Code
55122
Phone
(952) 210-3628
Email
iftpa_usa@yahoo.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