Arts Activities Support

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,176

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Capri Big Band

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2012

End Date

June 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the 2012-2013 concert season, including a performance at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis and four free big band jazz concerts at venues in the Twin Cities.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Lori-Anne Williams: Development Director, AccountAbility Minnesota; Jennifer Tonko: Program Assistant, Minnesota Humanities Center; Katie Rye: Twisted Owl Marketing and Events; Michele Spaise: Artist; Carolyn Holbrook, Executive Director, SASE: The Write Place; Adriana Rimpel: Program Manager, Walker Art Center; Tom Moffatt: Supervisor, Silverwood Park; Vanessa Voskuil: Vanessa Voskuil Dance.

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

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 Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,176

Other Funds Leveraged

$3,089

Direct expenses

$9,265

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To provide an opportunity for musicians to play and grow in musical ability and enjoy the camaraderie of performing together; to provide musical events for the community, specifically underserved populations; to foster appreciation for jazz and big band music.Attendance; audience response and direct feedback; member feedback.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Increased opportunities for local jazz musicians to improve skills and perform for the public. Over 500 audience members attended the Capri Theater performance. Broadened band membership, which now includes youth as young as 12.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Faye Washington, Donald Washington, Joe McGonigle, Marilyn Parker, Karl Reichert

Project Manager

Marilyn

Parker

Capri Big Band

c/o PCYC 2210 Oliver Ave N

Minneapolis

55411