Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,993
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Partners in Praise Girls Choir
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2013
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for PIPFEST, a choral festival hosting six to seven youth choirs. The festival will take place at First Lutheran Church in Columbia Heights in May 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
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 Arts Access
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,993
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,331
Direct expenses
$5,324
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To bring children and youth choirs together in concert to celebrate singing and the sharing of each choir’s unique repertoire and performance in a positive, nurturing atmosphere.Questionnaires sent out to choir directors.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Two-hundred and sixty artists; 400 audience members; each choir sang their own choice of music; repertoire included work performed by all the choirs at once, written by Minnesota composer Linda Tutas Haugen; each group and their director were able to hear the other groups perform.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
William Blonigan, Allison Fahey, Diane Busby, Lisa Owens, Christy Caspers, Patricia McPhearson
Project Manager
First Name
Cyd
Last Name
Haynes
Organization Name
Partners in Praise Girls Choir
Street Address
3018 61st Ave N
City
Brooklyn Center
State
MN
Zip Code
55429
Phone
(763) 744-8169
Email
cyd.haynes@comcast.net
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