Arts Activities Support

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Skylark Opera

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2012

End Date

June 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for their sixth annual Summer Opera Festival featuring six performances each of South Pacific and The Mikado. The festival will take place at E. M. Pearson Theatre at Concordia University in June 2013.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Rick Shiomi: general management, theatre; Denise Prosek: artist, general management, theatre, music; Mark Kausch: audience development, marketing, artist, education, music; Amy Miller: artist, community education, audience development, marketing, community arts, music, dance; Libby Tschida: youth programming, community education, education, community arts, visual arts, literature; Orin Rutchick: general management, administration, youth programming, artistic, visual arts; Doug Tiede: fundraising, education, artistic, theatre, dance, music; Stanford Felix: general management, music; Ethan Turcotte: general management, organizational development, youth programming, fundraising, media arts, photography.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Yes

Conflict of Interest Contact

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jeff Prauer (651) 645-0402

Project Details: 2013 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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$144,086

Direct expenses

$154,086

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Will present affordable, high quality productions in English; will provide audiences with natural sound; will provide Twin Cities with only multi-production opera and operetta; will present challenging material to both audiences and performers.Board and staff will evaluate based on critical reviews, performance videos, ticket sales, artist and audience surveys, and financial analysis.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Over 2390 audience members attended the festival; audiences were challenged with the new adaptation of The Mikado; Skylark has been invited to the Twin Cities Opera Guild to perform a shorten version of The Mikado as a result of this project.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Pauline Altermatt, Narissa Strong Bach, Matthew Bellin, Robert Eyestone, Stephanie Haack, Sally Horstman, Carla Petersen, Anna Morelli Spencer

Project Manager

Ann

Spencer

Skylark Opera

75 5th St W Ste 414

St Paul

55102-1431