Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Ramsey
Hennepin
Dakota
Ramsey
Hennepin
Project Overview
IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series
Project Details
Funding for IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series. The series will take place February through April 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Emily Clary: Director, Dakota County Sheriff's Department; Bob Graff: Theatre designer and arts administrator, Dakota Fine Arts Consortium; Yumi Inomata: Arts Midwest staff; Mary Beth King: Board member, Dakota Fine Arts Consortium; Mary Jo Lewis: Executive Director, Harmonic Relief; Lorrie Link: Executive Director, Maple Grove Arts Center; Connie Martin: Minneapolis Pops Orchestra; Kathy Mattson: Arts administrator, Jordan Arts Festival; Naomi Russell: Arts administrator, Barn Quilts of Carver County.
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
$4,850
Direct expenses
$9,850
Administration costs
$5,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Community groups will be engaged in viewing films on Middle East conflict with post-showing discussions.Audience surveys; exit interviews; assessment of length and degree of participation in audience discussions.

Measurable Outcome(s)

As revealed in audience discussions, participants were absorbed in the provocative subject matter of the films and considered the experience enlightening.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Raysh Weiss, Tarik Hindi, Sara Sandmel, Rebecca Hornstein, Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker, Dr. Jerry Kobrin
Project Manager
First Name
Miryam
Last Name
Kabakov
Organization Name
IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series
Street Address
1710 Vicki Ln
City
Mendota Heights
State
MN
Zip Code
55118
Phone
(917) 553-3029
Email
izunmizan@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