Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lyndale Neighborhood Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Music and Dance from Around the World program
Project Details
Funding for the Music and Dance from Around the World program, a partnership between Lyndale Neighborhood Association and the Hosmer Library to present culturally diverse music and dance performances. Performances will take place at the Hosmer Library and Painter Park in Minneapolis between July 2012 and 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
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
$8,500
Direct expenses
$18,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To promote cultural understanding by exposing community members to diverse musical traditions and styles; to promote Lyndale and the surrounding neighborhoods as vibrant communities that believe in and support the arts; to achieve a 10% increase in attendance from the four surrounding neighborhoods and a 10% increase in attendance from underserved populations; to achieve an 85% satisfaction rating from audience surveys.Audience attendance; audience surveys and demographic information.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Presented a total of 46 free concerts with a total audience of more than 2,600; 98% of audience members rated the performances as either "very good" or "excellent."

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Rick Giese, Bryce Pier, Richelle Reetz, Elizabeth Sibet, Phil Rooney, Kassie Church, Dan Swenson-Klatt, Meredith Gill, Megan Seeds, Steven Godfrey, Becky Alper, Mark Hinds
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Hinds
Organization Name
Lyndale Neighborhood Association
Street Address
3537 Nicollet Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408-4559
Phone
(612) 824-9402
Email
mark@lyndale.org
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
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency