Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rain Taxi, Inc. AKA Rain Taxi Review of Books
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
October 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Twin Cities Book Festival
Project Details
Funding for the 12th annual Twin Cities Book Festival, a free one-day public literary event featuring readings, panel discussions, book signings, writing workshops, book art demonstrations, storytelling, and other activities for all ages. The festival will take place at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College in October 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Elin Anderson: Sound Designer, Park Square Theatre; Scott Pakudaitis: Board President, Bedlam Theatre; Pat Teiken: Executive Director, Twin Cities Womens' Choir; Janna Knittel: Institutional Giving Manager, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Amy Rummenie: Artistic Director, Walking Shadow Theater Company; Joe Hagedorn: artist, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet; Bill Cottman: Artistic Director, Salon 106; Steve Busa: Artistic Director, Red Eye Collaboration; Rebecca Cline: Assistant Director of Development, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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
$30,400
Direct expenses
$40,400
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To engage book lovers in a broad range of literary arts; to offer Minnesota writers and publishers a venue to share their work with new readers and engage in professional discussions.Attendance; exhibitor and participant post-event surveys.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Over 5,400 attendees of all ages participated in a broad range of book arts, providing activities for the whole family, and heightening public awareness of authors, booksellers, and publishers from Minnesota and beyond.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Susan Buechler, Maria Damon, Gary Dop Kelly Everding, Kevin Fenton, Vance Gellert, Mark Gustafson, Tim Hedges, Pamela Klinger-Horn, Eric Lorberer, Karen Olson, Margaret Telfer
Project Manager
First Name
Eric
Last Name
Lorberer
Organization Name
Rain Taxi, Inc. AKA Rain Taxi Review of Books
Street Address
PO Box 3840
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55403
Phone
(612) 825-1528
Email
editor@raintaxi.com
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