Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rhapsody Performing Arts For All AKA River City Rhapsody
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2018
End Date
December 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dodge
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Dodge
Olmsted
Wabasha
Winona
Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

River City Rhapsody 2018 (Drum and Bugle Corps Event).

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Kjel Alkire: art faculty at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; John Becker: art business owner; Diane Crane: Houston Arts Resource Council; Hal Cropp: Executive Director of Commonweal Theatre; Daved Driscoll: Executive Director of Northland Words; Julie Fakler: Education Coordinator at Paradise Center for the Arts; Lee Gundersheimer: theatre artist, director; Anissa Nelson: visual arts student; Connie Nelson: Music Educator; Jane Olive: Costumer; Steve Schmidt: Musician, arts administrator.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Hollybeth Anderson: choreographer; Scott Anderson: musician; Andrea Gaffke: artist; Judy Hickey: arts administrator; Susan Joyce: author; David Kassler: composer; Marie Maher: arts administrator; Beth Nienow: musician, literary artist; Kathy Peterson: playwright; Mary Ruth: artist; Jon Swanson: arts administrator; Pam Whitfield: poet, actor.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$41,813
Direct expenses
$51,813
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesotans participate in the arts because arts experiences are relevant and accessible to them. Minnesotans learn, grow, or change because they participate in quality arts experiences. Grantee organizations change, expand, or enrich the ways they connect to their communities. Members of groups traditionally underserved by the arts feel authentic relationship to the grantee. Data Collection, Observed Behavior Change, Surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

A survey was sent to all ticket holders that provided their email addresses. You can see the responses and data collected from the survey in the above response in question 2.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
The activities fully achieved the prop
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Brad Furlano, Kevin Hanson, Tim Kviz, Heather Tollers
Project Manager
First Name
Heather
Last Name
Tollers
Organization Name
Rhapsody Performing Arts For All
Street Address
1827 16 1/2 St NW
City
Rochester
State
MN
Zip Code
55901
Phone
(507) 288-2317
Email
heather@bluestars.org
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

2778 D Commerce Drive NW
Rochester, MN 55901-2262 

Phone
Project Manager: Anastasia Shartin
(507) 281-4848
Email the Agency