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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$116,528
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Theatre Latté-Da AKA Theater Latté Da
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2015
End Date
February 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Becker
Crow Wing
Goodhue
Lac qui Parle
Olmsted
Stearns
St. Louis
Becker
Crow Wing
Goodhue
Lac qui Parle
Olmsted
Stearns
St. Louis
Project Overview
Arts Tour Minnesota
Project Details
Theater Latté Da, in partnership with Hennepin Theatre Trust, will bring its acclaimed docu-musical All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 to seven greater Minnesota communities.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kaitlyn Bohlin: Development manager, North House Folk School; Brenda Brown: Member, Black Storytellers Alliance, Blues City Cultural Center, Minneapolis Arts Commission. Writer, performer, and visual artist.; Jennie Knoebel: Executive director, Austin Area Commission for the Arts; Ann Reed: Singer, guitarist and songwriter, co-owner of Turtlecub Productions; John Saurer: Visual artist using sculpture, printmaking and drawing, chair, art and art history department, Saint Olaf College; Melissa Walrath: Executive director, The St. John's Boys' Choir; Jeanne Willcoxon: Assistant professor of theater, St Olaf College.; Alexander Wolff: Trombonist and executive director of operations, The Copper Street Brass Quintet
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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$116,528
Other Funds Leveraged
$38,930
Direct expenses
$155,458
Administration costs
$5,527
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Youth and adults in seven greater Minnesota communities will have the chance to see Theater Latté Da’s nationally acclaimed production of ALL IS CALM. Records of sites visited (maintained by Theater Latté Da). Box office records of the number of youth and adults in attendance (maintained by the presenters). 2: Theater Latté Da and Hennepin Theatre Trust will forge relationships with five new touring partners in greater Minnesota. Records of all sites visited compared with sites previously visited (maintained by Theater Latté Da). Interviews with touring partners (conducted by Theater Latté Da).

Measurable Outcome(s)

Youth and adults in seven greater Minnesota communities had the chance to see Theater Latté Da's nationally acclaimed production of ALL IS CALM. TLD designed an online survey evaluation form to measure the Arts Board outcomes, TLD outcomes and presenter outcomes. The Tour Manager maintained records of all sites visited, obtained box office statistics from each presenter, and administered a survey to each venue to assess the overall success of the tour. 2: TLD forged relationships with five new touring partners in greater Minnesota. Methods: records of all sites visited compared with sites previously visited (maintained by TLD), and interviews with touring partners (conducted by TLD). TLD designed an evaluation form to measure the Arts Board outcomes, TLD outcomes and partner outcomes. The Tour Director maintained records of all sites visited and administered a survey to each venue to assess the overall success of the tour. A key focus was determining what worked well, what did not, and what we can change.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Kent Allin, Jean M. Becker, Scott Cabalka, Timothy P. Dordell, Jon Harkness, Lisa Hoene, James Jensen, Nancy Jones, Cyndi Klaus, Carolee Lindsey, Jim Matejcek, Kimberly Motes, Kendall Nygard, Luis Pagan-Carlo, Shannon Pierce, Gary Reetz, Christopher Rence, Jaime A. Roman, Thomas Senn, Lorri Steffen, Bill Venne, David Young, Jane Zilch
Project Manager
First Name
Seena
Last Name
Hodges
Organization Name
Theatre Latté-Da AKA Theater Latté Da
Street Address
345 13th Ave NE
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55413
Phone
(612) 339-3003
Email
seena@latteda.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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