Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 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
September 2017
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

26th Annual Black Master Storytellers Festival, "Signifyin' and Testifyin'."

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at 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; 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, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Courtney Kupsch: Fundraising, audience development, marketing, artistic; Kate Tucker: General administration, fundraising, education; Anton Jones: Artistic, education, community service, development; Molly Doran: Community service, development, volunteerism, general administration; Anna Eveslage: Artistic, education; Romi Slowiak: Organizational development, general administration, community service, development; Anitra Budd: General administration, audience development, marketing, organizational development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$9,813
Direct expenses
$19,813
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We hope to have 85% of the attendees at the Festival provide a positive response to our survey instrument. We also hope to have at least 900 interactive audience participants with all of our 20 performing artists. We have developed a survey instrument that we will present to audience members for collection after performances and online. We also count attendees.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We are pleased to announce that 100% of our survey respondents stated that they were very satisfied with the Festival! 97% are "very likely to return to a future event". 85% stated the Festival was "Interactive" and "Educational". 97% are "very likely" to seek out another Storytelling event. And 97% said that they are "very likely to refer a friend or relative to attend a future event".

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Nothando Zulu, Dara Ceaser, Dr. Brooke Cunningham, Makeda Zulu-Gillespie, Mahmoud El-Kati,Joseph Ceaser, Stephanie Dillard, Kamila Ceaser, Darrell Gillespie, Sherrie Pugh, Edwin Clarke, Tina Sykes, Vusumuzi Zulu
Project Manager
First Name
Vusumuzi
Last Name
Zulu
Organization Name
Black Storytellers Alliance
Street Address
1112 Newton Ave N
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55411-3705
Phone
(612) 529-5864
Email
vzulu@blackstorytellers.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency