Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Batucada Do Norte
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
April 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Brazilian percussion workshops
Project Details
Funding for a series of Brazilian percussion workshops, featuring four two-hour sessions at four sites in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Workshops will take place between June and November 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Laura Narhi: Vice President, Minnesota Symphonic Winds; Daniel Pinkerton: Impresario, Fortunes' Fool; Curt Lund: Marketing and Communications, Minnesota Center for Books Arts; Jamil Dwan Jude: Producer in Residence, Mixed Blood Theatre; Thomas Borger: Communications and Marketing Manager, The Playwrights' Center; Brittany Kallman Ameson: Development Associate, Jungle Theater; Karen Goodenough: Program Manager, Capri Arts; Charles Campbell: Artistic Director, Skewed Visions; Kayin Gⁿlgⁿn: Managing Director, Skewed Visions.
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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,250
Direct expenses
$6,250
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
100 South Minneapolis Somali and Latino youth and adults will learn lesser-known Brazilian percussion rhythms.Participants submit verbal and written feedback; advisory board will provide additional feedback.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Over 85 individuals took part of drumming workshops; in addition to youth ages 3 - 16, the project served several seniors; a drumming ensemble formed as a result of this project; a community partner dropped out but was replaced with a suitable partner.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Bryan Anderson, Bobby Monach, Katie Dailey, Ray Ferris, Erik Farseth, Rochelle Payton, Therese Cluff, Howard Penas, Ken Strobel, Arlene Storandt, Maureen Wells, Steven Gallagher, Dave Delvoye, Robert Skafte, Sarah Jordet
Project Manager
First Name
Pat
Last Name
OÆKeefe
Organization Name
Batucada Do Norte
Street Address
1663 Leone Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55106
Phone
(612) 282-1917
Email
tokdrums@yahoo.com
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