Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mizna
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
April 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arab Film Festival
Project Details
Funding for the 8th annual Arab Film Festival, a four-day festival featuring 20 to 25 films by Arab and Arab-American emerging, independent, and established filmmakers. The event will take place at the Heights Theatre in March 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 Cultural Heritage
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$47,970
Direct expenses
$57,970
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To provide Arab-American and Arab film artists support and exposure; to continue to build the Arab community in the Twin Cities; and to expand views of the Arab world through the medium of film.Feedback from audience members, committee members, staff, and participating artists.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Over 1200 individuals attended the film festival; three local filmmakers were showcased; the number of new attendees increased from previous years.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Lisa Gray, Dale Lauwagie, Nicole Lapides, Heather Rist, Stacey Keeler, Andrew Rist, Cynthia Betz, Julia Morrison, Carolyn Will, Cheryl Rist, Jennifer Haas
Project Manager
First Name
Lana
Last Name
Barkawi
Organization Name
Mizna
Street Address
2446 University Ave W Ste 115
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55114
Phone
(612) 788-6920
Email
lana@mizna.org
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