Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association AKA SEMBA
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2018
End Date
September 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Dakota
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Blue Earth
Dakota
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

August 2018 Bluegrass Festival and Workshops.

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
$13,618
Direct expenses
$23,618
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, Interviews, Observed Behavior Change.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Event provided excellent arts opportunity in rural area at a reasonable fee in a family environment. Over 1,500 attended the venue and participated in workshops, open stage & jammiing. Comments re: programming support accomplishment.

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

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Roberta Anderson, Terry Barta, Robert Brommerich, John Campbell, Kristy Good, Becky Gors, John Magnuson, Barbara Ottman, Darrell Ottman
Project Manager
First Name
Darrell
Last Name
Ottman
Organization Name
Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association AKA SEMBA
Street Address
PO Box 93
City
Rushford
State
MN
Zip Code
55971
Phone
(507) 864-8109
Email
darrbarr1962@gmail.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

2778 D Commerce Drive NW
Rochester, MN 55901-2262 

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