Community Arts

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,905

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

After Five Women's Vocal Ensemble AKA After 5

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2012

End Date

September 2012

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to present six concerts with a variety of music styles to communities with limited arts access. The performances will take place in the seven-county metro area between May and September 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Ginny Jacobson: Teacher, Musikgarten; Suzi McArdle: The Park Theatre Company; Betsy Mowry: Program Manager of Youth Projects, Juxtaposition Arts; Michele Hammel: President, Perimeter Productions; Andrea Dittmer: Choir Manager, Angelica Cantanti; Craig Harris: Managing Director, Playwrights Center; Nirmala Rajasekar: Musician; Heather Rutledge: Executive Director, ArtReach Saint Croix.

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

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

$1,905

Other Funds Leveraged

$635

Direct expenses

$2,540

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To provide a fun, engaging, high-quality arts experience to an audience that is less able to participate in the arts due to physical, mental, or financial limitations.Audience feedback; feedback from site coordinators and staff.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through this experience, audiences overcame their physical, mental or financial limitations to enjoy what they found to be a first-rate event.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Laurie Fontes, Laura Sorensen, Carole McMonigal, Marta Volbrecht, Mary Farquhar, Lucy Morrissey, Diana Scheff

Project Manager

Laura

Sorenson

After Five Women's Vocal Ensemble AKA After 5

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