Arts Activities Support

2013 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 2013

End Date

April 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the 2013 – 2014 Eric Stokes Song Contest and the “Playing it Close to Home” concert. The program will be presented at Studio Z in St Paul and Roseville High School in February 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

LaDonna Morrison: finance, administration, organizational development; Carrie Vecchione: administration, artistic, youth programming; Jeff Hnilicka: youth programming, administration, artistic; Christina Ham: artistic, administration; Anthony Galloway: education, administration; Jessica Huang: artistic, fundraising, community education; Don Mabley-Allen: artistic, administration, disabilities specialist; Scott Spinks: artistic, organizational development, marketing; Brenna Brelie: marketing, organizational development, fundraising.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

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

$11,900

Direct expenses

$21,900

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

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 32 amateur musicians composed new work for the competition; two composers had the opportunity to work with the ensemble and have their work presented live; past recipients continue to submit new works demonstrating that the program encourages amateur music-making; the weather at the time of the concert closed most major highways and travel was not recommended resulting in very low attendance.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Heather Barringer, Philip Blackburn, Carrie Henneman Shaw, Zachary Crockett, Brett Wartchow, Craig Sinard, Pat OÆKeefe, Carlton Macy

Project Manager

Heather

Barringer

Zeitgeist

275 E 4th St Ste 200

St Paul

55101-1628