Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Mankato Children's Chorus

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2012

End Date

June 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Nicollet

Sibley

Brown

Faribault

Le Sueur

Martin

Waseca

Watonwan

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

The five choirs will perform two concerts during the 2012-13 season. They will also perform in a third joint concert, To Be Certain Of The Dawn, with the Mankato Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota State University- Mankato Chorus, November 18, 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Nancy Goettl: adjunct faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sara Krassin: arts administration for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St James City Manager, volunteer with the Saint James Community Theater; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with Interlaken Heritage Days Festival in Fairmont; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, director and playwright; Gina Wenger: professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher, volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Nancy Goettl: adjunct faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sara Krassin: arts administration for the ChildrenÆs Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St James City Manager, volunteer with the Saint James Community Theater; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with Interlaken Heritage Days Festival in Fairmont; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, director and playwright; Gina Wenger: professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Other Funds Leveraged

$43,000

Direct expenses

$49,500

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The quality, types, and number of arts opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offer them increases. Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access are identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization are built.We will use stories that we hear from our choir members, the groups that we participate with and our audience’s members. We will evaluate audio and video of our performances that will show increased skills. We will interview performers and directors. We will increase audience participation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The quality, types and number of arts opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offer them increased. Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access were identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization were built.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Scott Allen, Leah Ries, Kristin Baty, Kristen Kienholz, Diane Storvick, Kris Jackson, Jeff Adams, Mary Schuldt, Doug Schuldt, Mark Wamma, Tim Bistrup

Project Manager

Diane

Storvick

Mankato Children's Chorus

PO Box 3482

Mankato

56001