Arts Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Cook Chamber of Commerce
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2014
End Date
August 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview
Arts Project Grant
Project Details
Concert series support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian, information media specialist; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator at MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music artist, former director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Dana Mattice: freelance art journalist, fine arts museum publicist.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge; Ken Bloom: Director of the Tweed Museum of Art; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian, information media specialist; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator at MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music artist, former director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Dana Mattice: freelance art journalist, fine arts museum publicist.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,000
Direct expenses
$3,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Free entertainment for individuals and families, residents and tourists of all ages.Weekly attendance counts and random audience feedback recorded each week.

Measurable Outcome(s)

High regular attendance along with great amounts of positive feedback.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Lisa Ojanen, Rich Crettol, Lois Pajari, Jill Gilley
Project Manager
First Name
Lisa
Last Name
Ojanen
Organization Name
Cook Chamber of Commerce
Street Address
PO Box 296
City
Cook
State
MN
Zip Code
55723
Phone
(218) 666-6093
Email
chamber@cookmn.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
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Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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