Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,850
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Brown County Historical Society
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Brown
Project Overview
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Project Details
They will commission an artist to paint a historically accurate portrayal of the Ravine Ambush incident during the United States-Dakota War of 1862.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens' Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the 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 the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the 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 the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 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
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,850
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,850
Direct expenses
$5,700
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Our goal is to have a new permanent exhibit installed for Grand Opening in August of 2012. The exhibit will interpret the war and its aftermath for residents of Brown County. The painting we seek funding for will be for a significant part of the exhibit.We will be using surveys, discussions groups and mailed questionnaires to evaluate with a question on this survey to evaluate the painting. These surveys will be done on a short, intermediate and long term plan.
Measurable Outcome(s)
They had a new permanent exhibit installed for the Grand Opening in August of 2012. The exhibit interpreted the war and its aftermath for residents of Brown County. The painting that was funded was a significant part of the exhibit.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Vicki Pieser, Roger Hippert, Terry Sveine, Jerry Gulden, Opal Dewanz, Kris Wiley, Gary Witscheck, David Schroeder, John Isch, Lori Pickell-Stangel, Marianne Schotzko, Charles Romberg, Anne Earl, Dick Seeboth, Deb Zahn
Project Manager
First Name
Bob
Last Name
Burgess
Organization Name
Brown County Historical Society
Street Address
2 N Broadway
City
New Ulm
State
MN
Zip Code
56073-1714
Phone
(507) 233-2616
Email
director@browncountyhistorymnusa.org
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