Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Mankato Area Community Band

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2012

End Date

July 2012

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Faribault

Le Sueur

Nicollet

Sibley

Waseca

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

They will present free outdoor concerts on Tuesday evenings in June and July.

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

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

$4,100

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,100

Direct expenses

$8,200

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. We will maintain current personnel and recruit musicians for full instrumentation. 2. We will feature historical music relevant to Mankato and related to the bandÆs upcoming 90th anniversary. 3. We will update our brochure and distribute it at concerts to encourage individual donations. 4. We will perform in St Peter, Waseca, or Blue Earth.We will create an evaluation plan and supervise data collection. Some paid assistants will help to talk to audience members, film concerts, and will help count results. Methods: Survey audience and musicians, paper; conversations with audience members; and interviews with participants.

Measurable Outcome(s)

They maintained current personnel and recruited musicians for full instrumentation. They featured historical music relevant to Mankato and related to the band's 90th anniversary. They updated their brochure and distributed it at concerts to encourage indi

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Bryce Stenzel, Martha Lindberg, Sarah Houle, Del Eggert, Larry Dunker

Project Manager

Martha

Lindberg

Mankato Area Community Band

104 Chatsworth Dr

Mankato

56001-5870