Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant for Small Towns

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,225
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Farm By The Lake
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
September 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Marshall
Meeker
Beltrami
Benton
Cass
Olmsted
Pennington
Clearwater
Cook
Polk
Crow Wing
Ramsey
Red Lake
Fillmore
St. Louis
Scott
Hubbard
Stearns
Itasca
Mahnomen
Marshall
Meeker
Beltrami
Benton
Cass
Olmsted
Pennington
Clearwater
Cook
Polk
Crow Wing
Ramsey
Red Lake
Fillmore
St. Louis
Scott
Hubbard
Stearns
Itasca
Mahnomen
Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant for Small Towns

Project Details

Farm By The Lake Summer Concert Series

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Justin Holley: Author; Natalie Grosfield: Musician, actor; Joseph Allen: Professor of Art, photographer, traditional Native crafts artist; Jill Johnson: Author, musician; Sandra Roman: Art teacher, author; Gayle Highberg: Painter; Lowell Wolff: Photographer; Jane Merschman: K-12 teacher, actor, director; Mary Hilbrand: Musician; Joanne Kellner: Arts administrator, puppeteer.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Justin Holley: Author; Natalie Grosfield: Musician, actor; Joseph Allen: Professor of Art, photographer, traditional Native crafts artist; Jill Johnson: Author, musician; Sandra Roman: Art teacher, author; Gayle Highberg: Painter; Lowell Wolff: Photographer; Jane Merschman: K-12 teacher, actor, director; Mary Hilbrand: Musician; Joanne Kellner: Arts administrator, puppeteer.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,225
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,800
Direct expenses
$7,025
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Make the community aware of talent in the area, experience different genres/ethnicities of music, learn something new in area of interest, and experience entertainment in a family friendly environment. The board and staff of Farm By The Lake will be on hand at events to interact with community members for feedback of events. We will have an evaluation form with question specific to outcomes at events as well.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through evaluations we learned that some people were aware of talent in the area, most had never seen the local performers we used before. 128 said they had seen them, to 338 who had not. Also, even though the majority had heard the forms of music before (364) many had a new experience (88). This happened with Classical, Native American, Rap. Many wrote comments about things learned at each event. Everyone found Farm By the Lake to be family friendly environment for free entertainment and wanted more.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Doug Sloan, Dave Smith, Mark Edevold, Nancy Weerts, Mike Phaller, Chris Arnold
Project Manager
First Name
Dawn
Last Name
Loeffler
Organization Name
Farm By The Lake
Street Address
17797 366th St
City
Bagley
State
MN
Zip Code
56621
Phone
(218) 694-2084
Email
farmbythelake@gvtel.com
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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 693
505 Bemidji Ave N
Bemidji, MN 56619

Phone
Project Manager: Laura Seter
(218) 751-5447
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