Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,300
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Picaresque II
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Project Overview
Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant
Project Details
The Story of Music, Stories from Home.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Andrea Costopoulos: board president Rochester Arts Council; Hal Cropp: executive director Commonweal Theatre Company; Emilio DeGrazia: executive director Great River Review; Drue Fergison: musicologist with dance and literary expertise; Ryan Heinritz: executive director Paradise Center for the Arts; Teresa Kauffmann: photographer and public information officer City of Albert Lea; Scott Roberts: Business Director Owatonna Arts Center; Judy Saye-Willis: former director Faribault Art Center.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Andrea Costopoulos: board president Rochester Arts Council; Hal Cropp: executive director Commonweal Theatre Company; Emilio DeGrazia: executive director Great River Review; Drue Fergison: musicologist with dance and literary expertise; Ryan Heinritz: executive director Paradise Center for the Arts; Teresa Kauffmann: photographer and public information officer City of Albert Lea; Scott Roberts: Business Director Owatonna Arts Center; Judy Saye-Willis: former director Faribault Art Center; Deb Wasmund: coordinator Red Wing Fall Festival of the Arts.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$4,300
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,300
Direct expenses
$5,600
Administration costs
$4,300
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Create a program of music and stories that will be one more voice for tolerance, appreciation and respect for people of every culture and condition in our region.Audience evaluation forms requesting feedback about substance, format, demographics as well as audience size.

Measurable Outcome(s)

In our proposal we wrote: "Our goals are to create a program that increases the public understanding of the arts and gives the public access to music and literature that is not otherwise available to them. The stories that Pelon brings from her experience

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Gary Holthaus, Lauren Pelon, Richard Vollertsen, Cynthia Fellows
Project Manager
First Name
Gary
Last Name
Holthaus
Organization Name
Picaresque II
Street Address
PO Box 401
City
Red Wing
State
MN
Zip Code
55066-1733
Phone
(651) 388-8945
Email
laurenpelon@earthlink.net
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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Location

2778 D Commerce Drive NW
Rochester, MN 55901-2262 

Phone
Project Manager: Anastasia Shartin
(507) 281-4848
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