Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Crow With No Mouth Productions
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2013
End Date
January 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for a 12-concert series presenting composers and performers working in contemporary electro-acoustic improvisation. Concerts will be held at Studio Z in St. Paul between March and December 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
Patty Gordon: theatre, disabilities specialist, artist; Zhen Zou: music, dance, general administration, artist; Jeanne Morales: music, finance, artist, fundraising; Andrew Leitch: literature, artist, fundraising; Linda Dorn: theatre, music, artistic; Shauna Dee: visual arts, general management; Ellen Stanley: music, artist, audience development, general management; Timothy Parlin: visual arts, music, artist; Christine Shyne: theatre, literature, community arts, general management, youth programming, artistic.
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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,300
Direct expenses
$11,300
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Identify and expand audiences to experience electro-acoustic improvisation performances; provide a professional platform for emerging electro-acoustic improvisational artists to perform.Direct feedback from performers; financial evaluation; evaluate the number of performers and performances, as well as the diversity therein; evaluate audience numbers.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Experienced a 76% increase in audience from previous year; increased number of performing artists to 24 from anticipated 22; connections were made between audiences of new music and national electro-acoustic improvisational musicians.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Tammy Anderson, Kay Augustine, Aimee Barham, Jason Bartelme, Sara Bauer, Virma Behnke, Anna Edlund, Rick Ford, Janet Karius, Holly Kaufhold, Noe Lara, Joan McDonald, Jim Manders, Emily Mattran, Heather Nelson, Doug Peterson, Jodi Sarles, Chris Schultz, Bobbi Saltzman, Cindy Walters, Brittney Wark
Project Manager
First Name
Jesse
Last Name
Goin
Organization Name
Crow With No Mouth Productions
Street Address
4210 25th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 824-9550
Email
jessewgoin@yahoo.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