Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,250
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Centro, Inc. AKA Centro Cultural Chicano, Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2011
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
El Pueblo de Nuestros Espiritus
Project Details
Funding for El Pueblo de Nuestros Espiritus/The Town of Our Spirits, an original multi-disciplinary arts exhibit that evokes the Latino Day of the Dead celebration. The exhibit will be held at CentroÆs Minneapolis location in October 2011.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Pat Cummings: Retired executive director of Phillips Family Foundation; Robin Gillette: Executive Director of Minnesota Fringe Festival; Ellery July: Technology consultant, former Northwest Area Foundation and United Way staff; John Megas: visual artist; Amy Miller: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Karis Sloss: Artistic Director of Eclectic Edge Ensemble; Jackie Starbird: Weisman Art Museum staff.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Cultural Heritage
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,250
Other Funds Leveraged
$14,457
Direct expenses
$23,707
Administration costs
$9,250
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Continued growth of the Dia de los Muertos exhibit; serving as a critical tool for sustaining Latino artistic and cultural traditions and acting as a bridge between Latino and non-Latino communities.Guest books, staff observations, and internal program activity reports.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Younger generations gained the skill and knowledge to transfer this cultural tradition into the future; the non-Latino community gained appreciation for the beauty and complexity of Dia de Los Muertos.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Teresa mesa Adamunz, Garfield Clark, Gerardo Morantes, Osiris Guzman, Persida Cifuentes, Melba Reyes Chavarria, Roxanne Linares
Project Manager
First Name
Roxana
Last Name
Linares
Organization Name
Centro, Inc. AKA Centro Cultural Chicano, Inc.
Street Address
1915 Chicago Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55404-1904
Phone
(612) 874-1412
Email
rlinares@centromn.org
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