Arts Activities Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Flying Forms

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2015

End Date

June 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for its 2015 - 2016 Concert Series of four baroque chamber music concerts including three free one-hour lunchtime concerts on the Friday before the full performance. Concerts will take place at The Baroque Room in St Paul between October 2015 and May 2016.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Minnesota Public Radio Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

LaDonna Morrison: Finance, administration, organizational planning; Kersten Elverum: Administration; Joanna Lees: Artistic, administration, education; Patricia Mitchell: Artistic, marketing, administration; Mike Spellman: Administration, marketing, volunteerism; Stacy Stanley: Artistic, marketing, administration; Jill Murphy: Administration, youth programming, community service; Rosy Kirk: Artistic.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$9,800

Direct expenses

$19,800

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences will grow from between 30-80 in past seasons, to 50-80 in this current season. Participating artists and audiences will feel that the series is of high quality, aesthetically. We will count audience members during each concert of the series to determine audience sizes. Concerts in The Baroque Room allow for immediate receipt of audience opinion, as often happens at concerts currently, and we will ask all participating artists about their thoughts concerning the concerts they play in to find out what they feel worked and what needs improvement.

Measurable Outcome(s)

26 musicians performed for total audiences of 350 people. Musicians and audiences alike were exposed to new repertory performed in a historically informed style.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Marc Levine, Tami Morse, Judy Gilats, Andy Wilson, Maria Jette, Beth Wenstrom, Johanna Novom, Nissim Schaul

Project Manager

Marc

Levine

Flying Forms

275 4th St E Ste 280

St Paul

55101