Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minnesota State University-Mankato AKA Good Thunder Reading Series

Recipient Type

State Government

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2012

End Date

June 2012

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Brown

Blue Earth

Nicollet

Sibley

Martin

Faribault

Waseca

Watonwan

Le Sueur

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

They will present their 31st annual season of monthly readings and workshops by eighteen different authors for students and the public.

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

$96,180

Direct expenses

$102,680

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans that are able to participate in the arts increases. 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.Online and hard-copy surveys of general and targeted audiences.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who were able to participate in the arts increased. 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

Richard Robbins, Candace Black, Geoff Herbach, Diana Joseph, Roger Sheffer, Richard Terrill

Project Manager

Diana

Joseph

Minnesota State University-Mankato AKA Good Thunder Reading Series

230 Armstrong Hall

Mankato

56001