Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,050
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Twin Cities Labor Chorus
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for 9 to 12 choral performances that will take place throughout the metro area between January and August 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.
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 Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,050
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,772
Direct expenses
$4,822
Administration costs
$3,050
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To keep alive the singing tradition and repertoire in the labor and workers movements, and to promote singing as a tool for building community.Assessment of number and diversity of new members enrolled; number and diversity of venues where performances are invited; number of union and community-building events where singing is newly incorporated.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Performed 9 to 12 concerts to over 1000 audience members; attracted new members to the chorus; lost core members.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Joyce Stone, Christi Nelson, Michael Kuchta, Louise Sundin, Lynne Larkin Wright
Project Manager
First Name
Josh
Last Name
Wise
Organization Name
Twin Cities Labor Chorus
Street Address
PO Box 40095
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
(952) 818-5474
Email
jwhitneywise@gmail.com
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