Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,805
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
West Bank Community Coalition
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Oromo Cultural Enrichment Project
Project Details
Funding for the Oromo Cultural Enrichment Project, which aims to strengthen the connections among the diverse Cedar-Riverside community of Minneapolis through a variety of multidisciplinary arts activities in the summer of 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Joe Sullivan: Development Officer, University of Minnesota; Gary Kelsey: Program Director, Saint Marys' University; Michelle Woster: Managing Director, Ten Thousand Things Theater; Claire Avitabile: Artistic Director, 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities; Alberto Justiniano: Artistic Director, Teatro del Pueblo; Marlina Gonzalez: Director, Maynila Management; Stacey Dahlstrom: Community Education, Roseville Area Schools; Leah Ritz: Tronics Team Coordinator, Park Avenue Youth and Family Services; Heather Doyle: Artistic Director, Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center; Christian Novak: Information and Development Coordinator, Northern Clay Center.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
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 Education
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,805
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,000
Direct expenses
$9,805
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To strengthen the connections between Cedar-Riverside neighborhood's stakeholders by increasing cross-cultural understanding and appreciation through music/dance performance, story-telling, and distribution of an illustrated English-Oromo Bilingual traditional story-book.Conduct key informational interviews after each event, surveys, and tracking key indicators.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Osman Ahmed, Mohamed Jama, Russom Solomon, Brandon Baumbach, Janet Curiel, Andi Cheni, Ertra Namarra, Jennifer Blevins
Project Manager
First Name
Michael
Last Name
Schmitz
Organization Name
West Bank Community Coalition
Street Address
420 15th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55454
Phone
(612) 338-5282
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