Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Carlyle Brown and Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
May 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Are You Now or Have You Ever Beenà

Project Details

Funding to produce and stage ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN..., a theatrical account of Langston Hughes and the McCarthy trials, to be performed at the Guthrie Dowling Studio in May 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Carin Bratlie: Producer, Theatre Pro Rata; Shauna Dee: Arts administrator, FORECAST Public Art; Meaghan Disciorio: Director, Swandive Theatre; Craig Dunn: Executive Director, VSA Minnesota; Robin Gillette: Executive Director of Minnesota Fringe Festival; Mary Elizabeth Lee: Managing Director, Cantus vocal ensemble; Louis Porter II: Literary artist and college instructor; Jeanne Souldern: Administrator and communications coordinator, Women's Art Resources of Minnesota; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Musician.

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
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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$25,000
Direct expenses
$30,000
Administration costs
$5,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences will be challenged to look deeply into the issues of the play through prologue and dialogue with audiences.Guestbook provided for audience feedback; audience numbers; number of new subscribers to e-newsletter.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience members conveyed a profound connection to the underlying issues presented in the play.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Elissa Adams, Barbara Rose-Brown, Beth Cleary, Peter Rachleff, Noel Raymond
Project Manager
First Name
Carlyle
Last Name
Brown
Organization Name
Carlyle Brown and Company
Street Address
3636 Columbus Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(651) 335-3167
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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency