Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Dakota Center for the Arts AKA
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2012
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Project Overview
Eagan Art Festival
Project Details
Funding for the 19th annual Eagan Art Festival, a free two-day outdoor festival featuring a broad range of entertainment and arts activities for all ages. The festival will take place at the Eagan Community Center in June 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Michael Fallon: Publications Manager, Origins; Corbin Dillion: President, Copper Street Brass Quintet; Damon Runnals: General Manager, Southern Theater; Eric Lorberer: Executive Director, Rain Taxi Review of Books; Julie Bates: Associate Director, Intermedia Arts; Kathryn Smith: Student, Saint Marys' Arts and Cultural Management; Erin Matteson: Education Coordinator, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Nan Jahnke: Program Administrator, McKnight Foundation; Angharad Guy: Program Manager, Arts Midwest.
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 Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$31,270
Direct expenses
$41,270
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To develop, promote, and encourage participation in the creative arts; to spotlight the talent of local artists; to provide hands-on arts learning activities.Festival attendance; on-site survey conducted by volunteers; artist and vendor surveys; board and staff post-evaluation.
Measurable Outcome(s)
135 artists applied to participate in the festival; 100 artists were chosen; 8129 individuals attended the festival; over 800 participants created two public art projects; 600 young people participated in hands-on arts activities.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Mike Obermueller, Margie Daniels, Barb Graycarek, Katherine Thompson, Sara Obermueller, Ken Maddux, Kerri Town, Susan Shumer, Wanda Borman
Project Manager
First Name
Wanda
Last Name
Borman
Organization Name
Dakota Center for the Arts AKA
Street Address
PO Box 211609
City
Eagan
State
MN
Zip Code
55121
Phone
(651) 269-2787
Email
Director@eaganartfestival.org
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