Community Arts

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

My Son Pinocchio

Project Details

Funding for seven performances of My Son Pinocchio. Performances will take place at Maple Grove Senior High School in July 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Alice Dodge: Library and grants manager, Midway Contemporary Art; Obi Egwim: Grants manager, Umunne Cultural Association of Minnesota; Danelle Griner: Visual artist and director of Rise Inc. Art Speaks program; Zacc Harris: Musician, Atlantis Jazz Quartet; Owen Henry: Director, Katha Dance; Delia Kuczmarski: manager, Minnesota Public Radio; Judi Lamble: Executive Director, Twin Cities Jewish Chorale; Carol Rudie: Arts administrator, Metropolitan Boys Choir; Damon Runnals: Managing director, Southern Theater.

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
$23,775
Direct expenses
$28,775
Administration costs
$5,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide a quality artistic theater experience and increased awareness of hunger in the community.Responses from audience, cast, orchestra surveys; artistic and financial evaluation by board; attendance numbers; amount of food donated at events.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Both audience and artists expressed appreciation in the orchestral experience and communicated a greater consciousness of the urgent hunger issues in their community.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Renee LaPlume, Glorianne Svitak, Goldie Johnson, Greg Janssen, Chris Berne, William Berne, Nancy Covington, Pat Dodds, Preston Dodds, Kerry Kastle, Gloria Lanthier, Ann Little, Bryan O'Neil, Jennifer O'Neil
Project Manager
First Name
Justine
Last Name
Schwartz
Organization Name
Cross Community Players
Street Address
PO Box 1135
City
Maple Grove
State
MN
Zip Code
55311-6135
Phone
(763) 391-2787
Email
justine.m.schwartz@gmail.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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

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