Arts Tour Minnesota

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$24,350

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minneapolis Guitar Quartet Association AKA Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2012

End Date

March 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Brown

Carlton

Chisago

Dakota

Faribault

Goodhue

Martin

Morrison

Mower

Pine

Rice

Sherburne

Stearns

Steele

Todd

Waseca

Project Overview

Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details

The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet will conduct Minnesota Library Tours to four different regions of greater Minnesota, performing five library concerts in each region for a total of twenty concerts.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., Ardell Brede, Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002., Peggy Burnet, Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Michael Charron, Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Benjamin Klipfel, Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.,Ellen McInnis, Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Daniel Adolphson: Director of Program Engagement, COMPAS.; Timothy Cassidy: Metal sculptor.; Larry Fredlund: Board member, Isanti County Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment.; Lawrence Gorrell: Program director, Master of Arts in Human Development and Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Management, St Mary's University.; Jeanne Kosfeld: Creative director, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Exhibition judge, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.; Jessica Lourey: Member of Sisters in Crime, The Loft Literary Center, and Lake Superior Writers. Board member, Mystery Writers of America. Writer and educator.; Ward Merrill: Executive director, Backus Community Center.; Rita Mustaphi: Founder and artistic director, Katha Dance Theatre. Choreographer, dancer, and educator.|Jeanne Willcoxon, Assistant professor of theater, St Olaf College.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

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 Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$24,350

Other Funds Leveraged

$6,248

Direct expenses

$30,598

Administration costs

$800

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.15

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesota professional artists and arts organizations have more opportunities to tour their work throughout the state. Minnesota professional artists and arts organizations tour to communities and regions they haven’t previously visited. More community and nonprofit organizations become involved in presenting touring artists and arts organizations.

Measurable Outcome(s)

In the 2012-13 season, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet toured to four different regions of Minnesota. The number of presenters in Minnesota with the resources to present the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet in concert is relatively small and the touring in this project provided the players of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet with more opportunity to perform at a professional level with appropriate compensation. By comparing the total number of performances by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet players in the 2012-13 season with seasons not supported with Arts Tour Minnesota funding, it is easy to see that this project helped to provide the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet with more opportunities to tour in Minnesota. 2: This project allowed the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet to tour in four different regions of Minnesota. Most of the communities had never before been visited by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet and with the help of written surveys and our informal question/answer sessions we know that most of the concert attendees had never seen the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet in concert.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Joseph Hagedorn, Ben Gateno, Wade Oden, Steve Newbrough, Robert Collier, Dawn Voegeli, Ila June Brown-Pratt, James Campbell

Project Manager

Joseph

Hagedorn

Minneapolis Guitar Quartet Association AKA Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

2550 Dupont Ave S

Minneapolis

55405-3506