Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,080
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Swandive Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2012
End Date
September 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Vegetable Stock Theater Series
Project Details
Funding for the third annual Vegetable Stock Theater Series, a presentation of four staged readings. The series will take place in Minneapolis in Summer 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
$2,080
Other Funds Leveraged
$520
Direct expenses
$2,600
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences will be exposed to some of the plethora of local theatre talent, and Swandive's fans will increase.Audience and artist feedback via Survey Monkey; post-performance audience discussions; audience number measurement.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Feedback from an increased audience revealed many admirers in the crowd who were dazzled by the local talent.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jodi Furness, Bob Flynn, Jill Traynor, Andy Christman, Katie Maher, Pamels Muldoon, Mykel Pennington
Project Manager
First Name
Meaghan
Last Name
DiSciorio
Organization Name
Swandive Theatre
Street Address
2313 E 35th St
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 205-5345
Email
meg@swandivetheatre.org
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