Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Kaleena Miller Dance
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2015
End Date
October 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for the first Twin Cities Tap Festival, a celebration of music, rhythm and the art of tap dance. The three-day event will bring together national tap artists and local tap professionals and students to participate in classes, workshops and performances centered around learning and sharing the art of tap. The festival will take place in Minneapolis in October 2015.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Minnesota Public Radio Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Charles Campbell: Artistic, administration, audience development; Suzanne Roberts: Artistic, finance, community education; Laura Narhi: Fundraising, administration; Laura Leffler-McCabe: Administration; Janelle Doyle: Education, youth programming, artistic; Sarah Johnson: Administration, fundraising, education; Anne Cheney: artistic, administration; Catherine McGuire: Administration; Ben Layne: Artistic, administration.
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Cultural Heritage
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$19,400
Direct expenses
$24,400
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
By teaching and performing, we propose that 25 Artists will benefit from this festival. 100 Adults participants and 100 student participants will also partake in the festival by taking classes and dancing in seeing performances. We will evaluate the festival using audience/ participant counts and participant surveys.
Measurable Outcome(s)
We estimated 75-100 dancers would participate in classes, but we had 140 dancers of all ages participate in 16 master classes with our six professional artists. We attracted dancers from all over Minnesota and from nine states and Canada! We sold out all three performances with 600 audience members exposed to high-quality concert tap dance. 20% of them said they had never attended a tap show before!
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Brenna Brelie, Galen Higgins, Ellen Keane, Matt Schroepfer, Sara Sparrow
Project Manager
First Name
Kaleena
Last Name
Miller
Organization Name
Kaleena Miller Dance
Street Address
3455 Blaisdell Ave Ste 6
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 210-8270
Email
kaleenakaleena@gmail.com
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