Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Aleph
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
March 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
The Hebrew Lesson
Project Details
Funding to produce and stage The Hebrew Lesson, a theatre piece about Israel, Palestine and peopleÆs connections to their ancestral homelands. Performances will take place at Dreamland Arts in St Paul in March 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
Yes
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
$3,000
Direct expenses
$8,000
Administration costs
$740
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To perform a more fully realized production of this piece; to reach specific targeted audiences; to collaborate with the advisory committee to facilitate discourse on the larger issues in the show beyond theatre.Audience observation; audience feedback from post-show discussions.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Created connections and a forum for discussions about issues relating to Israel, Palestine, and the larger Jewish community.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Barbara NordstromLoeb, Hend al Mansuor, Jay Isenberg, Kohl Miner, Lynette La Rue, Molly Van Avery, Sonja Arsham Kuftinex
Project Manager
First Name
Esther
Last Name
Ouray
Organization Name
Aleph
Street Address
3351 Columbus Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 229-1641
Email
runningwoman5457@yahoo.com
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