Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Arts 'N More
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2012
End Date
September 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Faribault
Nicollet
Waseca
Project Overview
Arts 'N More Festival
Project Details
They will present a two-day arts festival to promote art and music in their community.
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 ACHF Cultural Heritage
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,100
Direct expenses
$7,600
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Stimulate the practice of different art forms among all age groups in the community and draw interest from persons living outside the local community. Measurable outcomes include attendance at events and local art classes and local business sales.Oral interviews with festival attendees, written questionnaires with incentives for completion, data collection on attendance at festival events and local arts classes, follow-up interviews with local businesses.
Measurable Outcome(s)
They stimulated the practice of different art forms among all age groups in the community and drew interest from persons living outside the local community. They increased attendance at events, local art classes and local business sales.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Lisa Lindberg, Les Curry, Kelly Reuter, Al Steinberg, Verla Boesch, Joan Morrison
Project Manager
First Name
Art
Last Name
Sidner
Organization Name
Arts 'N More
Street Address
PO Box 443
City
Amboy
State
MN
Zip Code
56010-0443
Phone
(507) 549-3377
Email
artsnmore@hotmail.com
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