Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Uniting Cultures Multicultural Fiesta
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2020
End Date
November 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Nicollet
Waseca
Watonwan
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Nicollet
Waseca
Watonwan
Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

They will host the free, outdoor fiesta with ethnic music, dance, and storytelling performances. Funds will be used for the performing group's fees and equipment rental.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Steve Davis: member of the Mankato Symphony Orchestra and Minnesota State University/Community Orchestra, volunteer for Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra and New Ulm Suzuki School of Music; Denice Evers: retired teacher and volunteer with the Springfield Community Theater; Kristie Gaalswyk-Pomerenke: Martin County 4-H Coordinator, former Education Coordinator at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, and a board member for the Martin County Area Foundation and Fairmont Community Education; Teresa Konechne: interdisciplinary media artist, co-founder of Henderson CAN (Community. Art. Nature.) and founder of Wicked Questions, a non-profit about art and conversation on climate and change; Karen Krause: a visual artist, retired school counselor and art teacher, and a member and instructor at the Waseca Art Center; Margie Larson: a visual artist and retired coordinator in the International Students Office at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Charles Luedtke: retired college Professor of Music, New Ulm and member of the Sioux Trails Chapter, American Guild of Organists; April Malphurs: glass artist and art teacher for community art camps in St. Peter and the Minnetonka Center for the Arts; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher and charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Liz Miller: a visual artist and college Professor of Art at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rita Rassbach: recent interim Executive Director for the Mankato Ballet Company and past board member of Merely Players Community Theater and Creative Play Place; Dana Sikkila: a visual artist and the Executive Director of the 410 Project Gallery, Mankato; Carol Soma: retired Language Arts teacher and volunteer with the Kee Civic Theatre.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Steve Davis: member of the Mankato Symphony Orchestra and Minnesota State University/Community Orchestra, volunteer for Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra and New Ulm Suzuki School of Music; Denice Evers: retired teacher and volunteer with the Springfield Community Theater; Kristie Gaalswyk-Pomerenke: Martin County 4-H Coordinator, former Education Coordinator at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, and a board member for the Martin County Area Foundation and Fairmont Community Education; Teresa Konechne: interdisciplinary media artist, co-founder of Henderson CAN (Community. Art. Nature.) and founder of Wicked Questions, a non-profit about art and conversation on climate and change; Karen Krause: a visual artist, retired school counselor and art teacher, and a member and instructor at the Waseca Art Center; Margie Larson: a visual artist and retired coordinator in the International Students Office at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Charles Luedtke: retired college Professor of Music, New Ulm and member of the Sioux Trails Chapter, American Guild of Organists; April Malphurs: glass artist and art teacher for community art camps in St. Peter and the Minnetonka Center for the Arts; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher and charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Liz Miller: a visual artist and college Professor of Art at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rita Rassbach: recent interim Executive Director for the Mankato Ballet Company and past board member of Merely Players Community Theater and Creative Play Place; Dana Sikkila: a visual artist and the Executive Director of the 410 Project Gallery, Mankato; Carol Soma: retired Language Arts teacher and volunteer with the Kee Civic Theatre.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,500
Direct expenses
$10,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who participate in arts festivals and folk and traditional activities increases. A committee member of Uniting Cultures/Uniendo Cultures will create a survey for participants to complete on site, as well as an online survey. We will enlist the services of other community members to conduct the survey on site; those responses, as well as the online survey results will be tabulated by the committee. Survey responses will help us continue to make improvements for the event's sustainability as a community cultural festival.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Shawna Asendorf, Kim Askeland, Karla Beck, Jim Branstad, Pat Branstad, Linda Becken, Linda Buller, Shirley Coleman, Janet Fisch, Nonnie Hanson, Sue Harris, Rosine Hermodson-Olsen, B.J.Johnson, Mariah Krusemark, Beth Labenz, Carissa Lick, Lynette Martin, J
Project Manager
First Name
Patricia
Last Name
Branstad
Organization Name
Uniting Cultures Multicultural Fiesta
Street Address
213 2nd Ave S
City
St James
State
MN
Zip Code
56081
Phone
(507) 375-5450
Email
pbranstad@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

105 22nd Avenue NE, Suite A
Waseca, MN 56093

Phone
Project Manager: Anna Pollock
507-833-8721
Email the Agency