Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
SuperGroup
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2013
End Date
April 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to produce and present it’s [all] highly personal, a new interdisciplinary performance work born out of the collaboration with award-winning playwright Rachel Jendrzejewski. Performances will take place in spring 2014.

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

Lori-Anne Williams: community development, fundraising, administration; Scott Pakudaitis: artistic, organizational development, marketing; James Levkin: artistic, fundraising, administration; Jennifer Tonko: administration, artistic, community education; Audrey Riddle: marketing, administration, youth programming; Emmy Carter: fundraising, education, artistic; Veronica Descotte: fundraising, finance, marketing; Carol Nulsen: organizational planning, fundraising, youth programming.

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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$18,900
Direct expenses
$28,900
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Present an experimental dance-theater work in collaboration with local playwright Rachel Jendrzejewski to over 500 audience member; challenge the audience to consider the paradoxical human needs of ritual and change.Box office results; advisory committee attending rehearsals and providing feedback.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Created an experimental dance-theater work in collaboration with local playwright Rachel Jendrzejewski and10 other artists; presented a free performance to 95 audience members; responses from artists and audience were all very positive.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Byrd Shuler, Rachel Jendrzejewski, Theo Goodell, Miriam Must, Jeffrey Carlos Wells
Project Manager
First Name
Jeffrey
Last Name
Wells
Organization Name
SuperGroup
Street Address
3435 10th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(646) 498-7565
Email
info@supergroupshow.biz
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