Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Northeast Youth and Family Services
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for a five-week summer camp serving approximately 100 youth and culminating in a camper-created public performance. The camp will take place at manufactured-home communities in Shoreview, Mounds View and Brooklyn Park in Summer 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
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)
To introduce low-income youth and their families to the performing arts and spark their interest in the arts; to develop life skills like confidence and cooperation.Daily youth feedback; weekly staff meetings; parent evaluations; camp site leader evaluation; participation; attendance at Rosetown Playhouse.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Low-income youth and their families expressed a new-found appreciation for the arts as a result of this performance.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Shelly Boss, Karen M Charlson, Judith Cognetta, Keith Gosline, Brenda Holden, Jean Houlding, Blake Huffman, Alan Hull, Robert Jacobson, Jeff Johnson, Peg Kennedy, Amanda Little, Wendell Maddox, Patrick McDonnell, Dean Maschka, Mary Jo McGuire, Lindsay B N
Project Manager
First Name
Tim
Last Name
Gusk
Organization Name
Northeast Youth and Family Services
Street Address
3490 Lexington Ave N Ste 205
City
Shoreview
State
MN
Zip Code
55126
Phone
(651) 486-3808
Email
tim@nyfs.org
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