Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Sample Night Live!

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2016

End Date

January 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for Sample Night Live's November, December, and January shows for the 2016-17 Season. Sample Night Live is a monthly event designed to introduce new audiences to the visual and performing arts. Sample Night Live will take place in Weyerhaeuser Aud

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair of El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director of World Music and Dance and the International Children’s Festival; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Nikki Hunt: Administration, organizational development; Pete Driessen: Artistic, education, Community Education; Michael Fallon: Administration, marketing, education; Rachel Levitt: Marketing; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, fundraising, administration; Hilary Smith: Fundraising, administration, marketing; Lula Saleh: Artistic, volunteerism, general administration; Taous Khazem: Artistic, education; Peter Foster: Marketing, organizational development, administration.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$15,000

Direct expenses

$25,000

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

50 artists will participate in artistically excellent presentations. 200 audience members will attend. 90% of participating artists will express an interest in returning to participate in a future season. The Board and Staff will evaluate outcomes using audience numbers from the box office; and artist hospitality and production staff numbers and feedback from the artists. The Board and Staff will evaluate the artistic quality and will take into account audience, media, and artist input.

Measurable Outcome(s)

134 artists participated in artistically excellent presentation. 168 audience members attended, and in audience surveys, 96% of audience survey participants said they would attend again. 100% of artist participants expressed the interest to participate again, and 30% recommended other artistically excellent groups or independent artists who they felt would want to participate as well.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

John Mule, Tom Tarnow, Nicole Bachman Gibas

Project Manager

Barbe

Marshall Hansen

Sample Night Live!

1271 Hague Ave

St Paul

55104