Arts Activities Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Black Storytellers Alliance

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2014

End Date

September 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for Signifyin' and Testifyin', a three-day, family-friendly festival featuring master storytellers from across the county. The festival will take place at metro area locations in September 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Elin Anderson: Artistic; Betsy Mowry: Administration, Youth Programming, Community Service; Joseph Hagedorn: Marketing, Organizational Planning, Education; Angela Bernhardt: Fundraising, General Management, Community Service; Sue Crolick: Administration; Ian Plitnick: Administration, Fundraising; Cathy Gustafson: Administration, Education.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$16,820

Direct expenses

$26,820

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Quantitative: approximately 2,500 participants will participate the three-day Festival with more than 15 artists and Master Storytellers. Qualitative: Audience responses will indicate that more than 85% will have experienced interactive storytelling and gained a fuller sense of the richness of the oral form of African American storytelling.Quantitative: audience participant count over all events. Qualitative: Audience involvement in storytelling; Post-performance feedback with artists and brief survey instrument.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Quantitative: Approximately 2213 students during the concerts held in Minneapolis and St Paul on Friday morning; during the three evening events Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night, we served approximately 1,000 families and children; Total of 34 artists performed. Qualitative: Standing ovations for the Tellers and drum groups by the audience at each event - 100%.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Nothando Zulu, Dara Ceaser, Edwin Clarke, Makeda Zulu-Gillespie, Mahmoud El Kati, Sherrie Pugh, Stephanie Dillard, Joseph Ceaser, Darrell Gillespie, Dorothy Robinson, Dr. Brooke Cunningham, Kamilah Ceaser, Tina Sykes, Vusumuzi Zulu

Project Manager

Vusumuzi

Zulu

Black Storytellers Alliance

1112 Newton Ave N

Minneapolis

55411-3705

(612) 529-5864

vzulu@blackstorytellers.com

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