Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,700
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Los Alegres Bailadores
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2013
End Date
July 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for a two-week intensive Mexican Folkloric Dance Workshop primarily led by Maestro Tizoc Fuentes Yaco. Workshops will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and the Wellstone Center on St Paul’s West Side 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
Charles Campbell: artistic, administration, marketing; Daniel Pinkerton: artistic; Louis Porter II: artistic, organizational planning, education; Heather Everhart: artistic, administration, marketing; Hayley Johnson: general management; Jamil Dwan Jude: artistic; Lindsy Halleckson: artistic, general management; Elizabeth Simonson: artistic, administration; Hilary Smith: fundraising.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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 Cultural Heritage
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,700
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,250
Direct expenses
$10,950
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Increased energy and enthusiasm about dancing and performing from the participants; increased performance skills realized by the instructors; increased self-esteem and sense of accomplishment, and the desire to share the same from the participants; increased enrollment in Los Alegres Bailadores’ regular folkloric dance classes.Informal interaction.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The enthusiasm and energy of the instructor was contagious and the participants were engaged and determined from the first class to the last; 67 individuals participated in the workshops; 17 were new participants; 5 had never taken folkloric dance.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Rbecca Moran Cusick, Nikki Glasser, Synthia Walfoot, Alicia Villegas, Wendy Everett, Linda Nunez, Lesly Gamez
Project Manager
First Name
Rebecca
Last Name
Moran Cusick
Organization Name
Los Alegres Bailadores
Street Address
8388 Jody Ln
City
Cottage Grove
State
MN
Zip Code
55016
Phone
(651) 246-2399
Email
losalegres1977@gmail.com
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