Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minneapolis Southside Singers

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2014

End Date

March 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to present 20 free concerts to under-served audiences across the seven-county metropolitan area between April 2014 and March 2015.

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

Stacey Poirer: Artistic, General Management; James Lekvin: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Shauna Dee: General Management; Laura Narhi: Fundraising, General Management; Risheka Remus: General Management; Alison Schaub: General Management, Community Service, Organizational Development; Donna Saul Millen: General Management, Organizational Development, Volunteerism; Colleen McLaughlin: Fundraising, General Management, Organizational Development; Sara Zanussi: General Management, Education.

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 Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$3,500

Direct expenses

$8,500

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Funding is used to support an additional 20 free concerts at locations in the city that have limited access to the live performances, such as nursing homes, adult daycare and subsidized housing facilities. The Southside Singers are a group of performers ranging in age from 56 to 101 who strive to provide a quality, meaningful concerts and continually stretch their skills with new music.The project will document the number of concerts and will survey audiences to assess the quality of the performances.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Entertained over 2000 audience members; performed a new arrangement of "Ching-a-ring"; Audiences enjoyed live performances and were very enthusiastic. In October, the Southside Singers celebrated 25 years with two concerts, entertaining an additional 200 people.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Mary Dolan, Mary Cowden, Liz Kolstad, Joanne Hart, Steve Dosch, Carl Ahlberg,

Project Manager

Clarice

Johnson

Minneapolis Southside Singers

4029 28th Ave S Minneapolis Comm Ed

Minneapolis

55406