Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lao Family Community of Minnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
The Digital Storytelling Project
Project Details
Funding for The Digital Storytelling Project that will facilitate Hmong elders telling of their own stories using oral and written narrative, visual art, music, video, and other media. The project will culminate by posting the material on the Web in December 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Daniel Adolphson: Director of Program Engagement, COMPAS-Community Programs in the Arts; Susan Fisher: Executive Director, Minnesota Brass; Janet Grove: Arts administrator, NDI Backyard Productions; David Harris: Executive Director, Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council; Andrew Leitch: Community development consultant; Mankwe Ndosi: Musician; Liz Neerland: Arts administrator, Nimbus Theatre; Gary Peterson: Arts administration consultant.
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
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 Cultural Heritage
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$15,777
Direct expenses
$20,777
Administration costs
$5,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Hmong elders will tell their unique stories using a variety of artistic expressions, and each elder's digital storycloth will become a legacy for their own family and the larger community.Informal discussion among and interviews with participating elders and youth.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Tou Xiong, Tou Lee Lor, Her Vang, Jooncvilai Blong Thao, Tong Vang, Nhia Ge Vang, Tou Pao Khang, Sai Vang, Debbie Montgomery, Stephen Young
Project Manager
First Name
Sharon
Last Name
Nelson
Organization Name
Lao Family Community of Minnesota
Street Address
320 University Ave W
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55103-2015
Phone
(651) 221-0069
Email
admin@laofamily.org
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