Community Arts

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Partners in Praise Girls Choir

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2015

End Date

August 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for a four-month teaching intensive with guest artist Linda Tutas Haugen. Activities will take place between April and July 2015 and culminate in a public performance at Peace Lutheran Church in Robbinsdale in June 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

Nancy Anderson: Administration; Bob Graf: Artistic; Hayley Johnson: Audience development, fundraising, administration; Pam Braunwarth: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Kristen Wesloh: Administration, community development; Rebecca Moran Cusick: Artistic, volunteerism, organizational development; Kristina Bloomquist: Administration; Paul Eastwold: Administration.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,250

Direct expenses

$6,250

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Over a four month period guest artist Linda Tutas Haugen will hold teaching intensives with 53 girls. The product of these learning activities will culminate in a performance concert led by artistic director Julia Fahey. As a part of the written program we welcome feedback concerning the concert and its impact. Post-performance written evaluations by the guest artist, director and singers will collected and reviewed.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Between the workshop concert and the premiere concert in December, concert attendance was over 600 people. 80 singers participated in this project over the course of 8 months. 90% of the participants were exposed to the creative process for the first time and gained valuable insight into the discipline of composition.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

William Blonigan, Diane Busby, Lisa Owens, Christy Caspers, Patricia McPherson

Project Manager

Julia

Fahey

Partners in Praise Girls Choir

3018 61st Ave N

Brooklyn Center

55429