Arts Learning

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Link Vostok

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2013

End Date

July 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Funding for professional dance artists, choreographers, and performers to take workshops and master classes with Italian based Company Blu during the Mississippi/Volga V Dance Festival in July 2013.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Byron Richard: community development, education; Roxanne Heaton: administration, fundraising, finance; Stanley H. Rothrock, II: artistic, education, community education; Maija Brown: education, artistic, community education; Steve Busa: artistic, education, organizational development; Levi Weinhagen: artistic, audience development, youth programming; Merilee Klemp: artistic, education, youth programming; Carolyn Payne: organizational development, administration, audience development; Johanna Winters: artistic, education, youth programming.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Yes

Conflict of Interest Contact

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jeff Prauer (651) 645-0402

Project Details: 2013 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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$6,600

Direct expenses

$16,600

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Introduce professional dance artists, choreographers, and performers to Italian based dance organization Company Blu. Provide the possibility for continued, in depth study with dancers who previously studied with Company Blu. Involve high level workshop participants in Company Blu’s creation process while they prepare a local performance. Host a community roundtable discussion between Company Blu and Link Vostock about dance creation and performance.All participants will be surveyed at the class or workshop via written evaluation or electronic survey follow-up.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Forty eight dance artists learned new techniques of personal expression through master classes. An additional master class provided an unexpected opportunity for people with Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and other disabilities to participate in creative movement.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Carol Sirrine, Barb Fleig, Janice Hamilton, James Terrell, Lois Elaison, Robert McFarland, Nancy Engin-Wedin

Project Manager

Lisa

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Link Vostok

4341 Colfax Ave S

Minneapolis

55409