Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Central Public Schools
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2013
End Date
August 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Carver
Carver
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for a Music in the Park series of eight performances on Thursday evenings in Norwood Young America during summer 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
Kathy Mattson: community arts, multidisciplinary, organizational development, volunteerism, fundraising; Dawn Ridgway: dance, theatre, multidisciplinary, general management, audience development, artistic; Alejandra Pelinka: visual arts, community arts, general management, artistic, volunteerism; Peter Carlson: music, artist; Mary Beth King: theatre, music, multidisciplinary, artist, organizational development, general management; Pam Braunwarth: ceramics, artistic; Ruth Virkus: theatre, artist, general management; Karl Diekman: music, artist, general management.
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
$4,038
Direct expenses
$9,038
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide a variety of arts activities in various mediums for all community members in a local setting; present eight free music concert in area parks.Artist survey; audience surveys; attendance counts; budget review.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Two-thousand five-hundred people from the Norwood Young America community attended the music in the park series; the series averaged over 200 people a night; 500 was the maximum attendance; 6 of the eight performing groups were new this year.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Randy Kuenzel, Renee Garfunkel, Betsy Pysick, Julie Timm, Elroy Latzig, Amy Reather, Mike McPadden, Julie Kuenzel, Michelle Luskey, Lora Willems, Julie Karnes, Tina Diedrick
Project Manager
First Name
Julie
Last Name
Kuenzel
Organization Name
Central Public Schools
Street Address
318 Hwy 212
City
Norwood Young America
State
MN
Zip Code
55368-0247
Phone
(952) 467-7391
Email
jkuenzel@central.k12.mn.us
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