Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Peoples Cook
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
November 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
íViva las Roots!
Project Details
Funding to create íViva las Roots!, a cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary art installation in conjunction with Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The exhibit will run for three weeks at Intermedia Arts, and will include a special dinner and performance on Dia de los Muertos.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Jane Ramseyer Miller: Artistic Director, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Maggie Scanlan: Artistic Director, Nightpath Theatre; Barb Rose: Consultant, Side by Side Associates; Jessica Tatro: Organizing Representative, Sierra Club Beyond Coal to Clean Energy; Carrie Vecchione: Teacher, MacPhail Center for Music; LaDonna Morrison: Board Member, Theatre Space Project; Annie Enneking: Children's Theatre Company Neighborhood Bridges; Phira Rehm: Freelance Artist; Dan Rein: Program Producer, KFAI; Katie Kaufmann: Producer and Director.
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
$5,800
Direct expenses
$15,800
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To create a Day of the Dead installation that honors those who have passed and involves the audience to respond and do the same.Successful implementation of interactive artworks and how the audience responds.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Over 20 artists participated in a Dia de los Muertos exhibit that was attended by over 750 audience members.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Sandy Agustin, Barth Anderson, Kim Christoffel, Avril Greenberg, Robert Karimi, Erin Lavelle, Theresa Sweetland, Chris Widdess
Project Manager
First Name
Erin
Last Name
Lavelle
Organization Name
The Peoples Cook
Street Address
275 E 4th St Ste 457
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101
Phone
(612) 618-2822
Email
erin@kaoticgood.com
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