Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Deborah Elias Danza Espanola
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
October 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Mujeres

Project Details

Funding for Mujeres, a new flamenco dance work to be presented at Intermedia Arts in October 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tim J. Peterson: Director of Marketing and Operations, Cantus; Jeanne Junge: Artistic Director, Sounds of Hope; Anne Bertram: Managing Director, Theatre Unbound; Caitlin Hargarten: Managing Director, Stevens Square Center for the Arts; Walken Schweigert: Ensemble Member, Unseen Ghost Brigade; Peter Thompson: Artistic Director, Art Shanty Projects; Tanaegh Haddad: Arts Coordinator, Womens' Initiative for Self Empowerment; Christina Marie Ham: Playwright, The Playwrights' Center; Pete Driessen: Curator and Director, TuckUnder Projects.

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
$5,727
Direct expenses
$10,727
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences will have rare opportunity to experience authentic traditional flamenco, and 50% of venue capacity is sold.Post-performance audience discussions; press reviews; measurement of ticket sales.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Local dancers and musicians benefited from working with Flamenco singer Vincente Griego; of the 276 ticket sold, 129 were purchased by new audience members; the performance received three nights of standing ovations; new audiences were reached.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Kate Cooper, Christine Kozachok, Steve Morse, Barbara Roche, Mary Sullivan Rickey
Project Manager
First Name
Deborah
Last Name
Elias
Organization Name
Deborah Elias Danza Espanola
Street Address
117 Mackubin St Ste 5
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55102
Phone
(651) 224-2075
Email
dedanza@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