Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Zeitgeist
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2012
End Date
April 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Eric Stokes Song Contest
Project Details
Funding for the 2012-2013 Eric Stokes Song Contest program, including the Eric Stokes Song Contest and the ôPlaying it Close to Homeö concert. The program will be presented at Studio Z in St Paul and Roseville High School in February 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Lori-Anne Williams: Development Director, AccountAbility Minnesota; Jennifer Tonko: Program Assistant, Minnesota Humanities Center; Katie Rye: Twisted Owl Marketing and Events; Michele Spaise: Artist; Carolyn Holbrook, Executive Director, SASE: The Write Place; Adriana Rimpel: Program Manager, Walker Art Center; Tom Moffatt: Supervisor, Silverwood Park; Vanessa Voskuil: Vanessa Voskuil Dance.
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
$12,050
Direct expenses
$22,050
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To encourage amateur music-making in the community; to create a rewarding experience for amateur musicians; to present a compelling performance; to broaden the audience for Zeitgeist by cultivating relationships with audience member in a suburban community.The number and diversity of contest submissions; audience response; participating artist feedback.
Measurable Outcome(s)
More than 30 amateur composers composed a new work for the contest; three composers worked with Zeitgeist to fine-tune their compositions for the performance; over 215 audience members attended the concert; the partnership with Roseville was successful.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Heather Barringer, Philip Blackburn, Carrie Henneman Shaw, Jeffrey D Gram, Shannon Wettsein, Zachary Crockett, Brett Wartchow, Craig Sinard
Project Manager
First Name
Heather
Last Name
Barringer
Organization Name
Zeitgeist
Street Address
275 E 4th St Ste 200
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101-1628
Phone
(651) 755-1600
Email
heather@zeitgeistnewmusic.org
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