Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Washington County 4-H Federation
Recipient Type
Local/Regional Government
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
September 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Project Overview
County Arts-In
Project Details
Funding for County Arts-In, a four-day intensive performing arts camp for youth ages 13 to 19. The camp will take place at the Washington County Fairgrounds in July and culminate with performances at the Washington County Fair and the Minnesota State Fair in August 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
$4,010
Direct expenses
$9,010
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To foster appreciation for the performing arts; to teach youth skills in the theater arts as well as life skills such as collaboration, confidence, and project management.Accessibility of programming; audience attendance; youth participation; artistic quality of the production.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Youth related that this experience far exceeded a typical performing arts encounter, allowing them to gain valuable life skills in the process.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Avis Peters, Cheryll White, Michelle Katzman, Kim Bjerke, Kris Barnard
Project Manager
First Name
Pam
Last Name
Johnson
Organization Name
Washington County 4-H Federation
Street Address
14949 62nd St N
City
Stillwater
State
MN
Zip Code
55082-6132
Phone
(651) 430-1738
Email
pam_doug.johnson@comcast.net
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