Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Workhaus Playwrights Collective
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2013
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding to produce and stage the premiere of Buried Treasure, by local playwright Alan Berks. Performances will take place at The Playwrights’ Center in April 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
Beth Cleary: theatre, multidisciplinary, literature, artist, education, fundraising; Craig Dunn: music, general management, disabilities specialist; Carolyn Pratt: music, artist, general management; Carin Bratlie: theatre, visual arts, craft arts, artistic, general management, fundraising; Jennifer Ilse: theatre, dance, artist, general management; Emily Zimmer: theatre, community arts, literature, puppetry, artistic, education, youth programming; Masami Kawazato: visual arts, multidisciplinary, craft arts, fundraising, artist, organizational development; Sarah Peters: community arts, artist, general management, education; Jeff Erbland: music, theatre, audience development, fundraising, general management.
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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,700
Direct expenses
$12,700
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Produce and present a thought-provoking, emotionally-charged production that gets underneath the partisan ideology to explore the personal truths that motivate our political actions.Audience surveys; board member evaluations of artistic and financial success; evaluate diversity of audience and artists; interview artists.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The play was thought-provoking and resulted in discussions about partisanship in politics, as evidenced by both audience surveys and artist discussions; playwrights were supported in their development of a new play.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Megan Wood, Susan Kelley Bayer, Joy Johnson, Dawn Bradshaw, Kathy Johnson, Gail Miller, Beth Henn, Lisa Bonnie
Project Manager
First Name
Christina
Last Name
Ham
Organization Name
Workhaus Playwrights Collective
Street Address
c/o Playwright's Center 2301 Franklin Ave E
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 336-5744
Email
workhaus@gmail.com
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