Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lidia Productions
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
January 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for two concerts of Russian film music. The concerts will be performed in St Paul and Hopkins in September 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
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
$7,500
Direct expenses
$12,500
Administration costs
$5,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences in St Paul and Hopkins will have access to performances of Russian film music never performed before in the United States.Audience survey forms at concerts; performer feedback.

Measurable Outcome(s)

580 audience members attended over two concerts; an article was published about the concert in the Russian magazine Forum in January 2013.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Marina Liadova, Irina Yakusheva, James Utphall, Alexia Nompeli, Betty Mackay
Project Manager
First Name
Marina
Last Name
Liadova
Organization Name
Lidia Productions
Street Address
PO Box 131912
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55113
Phone
(651) 329-9349
Email
office@lidiaproductions.org
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