Community Arts

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

4 Community Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2013

End Date

August 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for six performances of the musical Camelot at Orono High School Auditorium in July 2013.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Debra Stone: artistic, education, community service; Janet Grove: administration, artistic, education; Julie Guidry: disabilities specialist, community education, organizational development; Patty Richardson: administration; Laura Narhi: fundraising, administration; Megan Hadley: administration, artistic, finance; Peter Stein: artistic, organizational development, administration; Joyce Nelson Shellhart: artistic; Angela Hedlund: administration.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$11,700

Direct expenses

$16,700

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To involve over 20 youth ages five to 18 and over 35 adults in producing a high-caliber family theater experience; continue to build and strengthen our group of volunteers with both on and off-stage experience; continue to use arts activities to build community, promote multigenerational relationships and provide families an opportunity to work and play together; provide a local arts participation opportunity to people of all backgrounds; provide 100-1000 audience members with a high-Quality, live theater experience.Responses gathered form audiences; post-production meetings.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Forty-seven multi-generational community members participated as cast; 37 adults volunteered as production staff; 490 audience members attended performances.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jeannette Graner, Laura Mikkelson-Larson, Melanie DeLuca, Jenni Charrier, Jack Neveaux, Leonard Freeman

Project Manager

Melanie

DeLuca

4 Community Theatre

705 Old Crystal Bay Rd N

Long Lake

55356