Arts Activities Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Freedom Jazz Festival, Inc.

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

In Progress

Start Date

June 2015

End Date

December 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the Freedom Jazz Festival, a free outdoor Jazz music concert and art festival, to be held in Minneapolis in August 2015.

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

Joseph Hagedorn: Marketing, organizational development, education; Jason Peterson: Artistic; Paul Rudoi: Artistic, administration; Donna Saul Millen: Administration, organizational development, volunteerism; Cathy Gustafson: Administration, education; Denise Tennen: Artistic, youth programming, administration; Ellen Fenster: Artistic, administration, education.

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

$8,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,000

Direct expenses

$12,000

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We expect about a 15% increase in new attendees exposure of Freedom Jazz Festival's Black/African American resident musicians performing jazz and culturally specific music and art to young and old to enhance their appreciation of jazz. We expect about 1,000 people to attend that will enjoy 6 bands of various sizes and 10% increase with new artists. Our surveys indicated that some attendees had never attended a Freedom Jazz Festival, yet enjoyed the variety of music and learned historic information about jazz and the role it played in the African American experience. Evaluation will be done by the collection of surveys distributed to attendees, performers, volunteers, vendors and organizers. Survey will request their likes, dislikes, contact information, demographics, suggestions, how they heard about Freedom Jazz Festival and board evaluation of success or problems.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

William Crutcher, W Rayford Johnson, Reona Berry, Wesley Simmons, Linda Sloan, Miko Simmons

Project Manager

Reona

Berry

Freedom Jazz Festival, Inc.

1 Lake St W Ste 423

Minneapolis

(612) 825-3675