Community Arts Access Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,775
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pequot Lakes Community Education
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2015
End Date
November 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Crow Wing
Crow Wing
Project Overview
Community Arts Access Project
Project Details
Pequot Lakes Community Theatre production of the musical “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Laura Busch: community theatre activist; Pat Dullum: retired music teacher and community theatre activist; Peg Churchwell: graphic designer and artistic community leader; Don Hoffman: photographer, active in men's chorus and community theatre; Fred Rogers: community theatre activist; Lauren Nickisch: retired music teacher, community arts leader; Mary Schmidt: Arts educator and dancer; Terry Verkuilen: Visual artist and community arts leader; Laura Hansen: Literary artist and community arts leader; Mark Turner: Five Wings Arts Council Staff with over 20 yearsÆ experience in arts administration.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Laura Busch: community theatre activist; Pat Dullum: retired music teacher and community theatre activist; Peg Churchwell: graphic designer and artistic community leader; Don Hoffman: photographer, active in men's chorus and community theatre; Fred Rogers: community theatre activist; Lauren Nickisch: retired music teacher, community arts leader; Mary Schmidt: Arts educator and dancer; Terry Verkuilen: Visual artist and community arts leader; Laura Hansen: Literary artist and community arts leader; Mark Turner: Five Wings Arts Council Staff with over 20 yearsÆ experience in arts administration.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,775
Other Funds Leveraged
$13,900
Direct expenses
$18,675
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide at least three mentor/apprenticeship opportunities. Involve at least 40 community members directly with the production as actors, apprentices, and production personnel and develop their performance/theatrical skills to a higher level. Provide a high quality artistic and cultural experience for at least 1200 audience members. Evaluation of this production by the Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts board. Production Team personnel list will include at least three apprentices. Production Team personnel, apprentices and actors will complete pre and post self-evaluations. Number of audience members and audience verbal or written responses on the quality of the production. Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts board members will evaluate the quality of the production.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Successfully provided opportunity for three apprentices to learn the production side of a community theatre show, all participants indicated a positive learning experience. Audience participation met expectations.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Julie
Last Name
Despot
Organization Name
Pequot Lakes Community Education
Street Address
30805 Olson St
City
Pequot Lakes
State
MN
Zip Code
56472
Phone
(218) 568-9200
Email
jdespot@isd186.org
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 118 - 121 4th St. NE
Staples, MN 56479

Phone
Project Manager: Miranda Lape
Phone: 218-895-5660
Email the Agency