Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

The Ethnic Dance Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

December 2013

End Date

June 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to produce Reminiscing: A Look Back Over 40 Years, a concert representing choreographies from each of the four decades of the Ethnic Dance Theatre as a performing arts organization. Performances will take place at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts in June 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Stephen Rueff: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Development; Suzanne Roberts: Artistic Finance, Community Education; Alison Heimstead: Artistic; Ann Erickson: Administration, Fundraising; Sarah Johnson: Administration, Fundraising, Education; Nina Graham: Fundraising, Administration; Andi Cheney, Fundraising, Administration; Dana LeMoine: Artistic, Education, Youth Programming.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$53,340

Direct expenses

$58,340

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

With the 40th anniversary celebration being held at the 500 seat Cowles Center for a 3 day run, we have the potential to triple our audience but are shooting for a 65% rate of 975 seats during the run. We would also like to be able to add to our database by 30 new names of individuals and/or households. We are looking to have 10% of the audience be new audience members.We will measure our success in meeting these criteria through box office/attendance records, reviews, audience response and comments (verbal, on our Facebook page, and through an audience survey), and through interviews with the artists involved.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Produced a program that was enjoyed by 676 people; Attracted 4% first time attendees; Set a goal of collecting e-contact information for 10 new people at each performance, collected 31 total; Attendance at the Friday talk back was estimated to have 25% of the audience there.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Claire Courtney, Rita Schultz, Leila Poullada, Donald La Course, Eva Kish, Irene Anastazievsky

Project Manager

Eva

Kish

The Ethnic Dance Theatre

3507 Clinton Ave

Minneapolis

55408-4577