Community Arts Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,630
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Buffalo Community Orchestra, Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Wright
Sherburne
Hennepin
Meeker
McLeod
Ramsey
Wright
Sherburne
Hennepin
Meeker
McLeod
Ramsey
Project Overview

Community Arts Support

Project Details

Buffalo Community Orchestra is a concert-producing orchestra in Central Minnesota, drawing musicians from six counties to rehearse September-June each year and produce 5-6 concerts.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

George Minerich: Benton County; Professional film, digital and nature photographer; local arts center and photography club volunteer; Joyce Lyons: actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Community Orchestra Advisory Board; Elizabeth Valencia-Borgert: Bachelor of Science in Business, Master of Business Administration from Winona State University, ballet instructor, choreographer for the Folkloric Venezuela Dance, vice president for the Board of Directors of the former Casa Guadalupe Multicultural Communities, committee member for the Event “A Place at the Table” sponsored by the Paramount Center for the Arts; Emily Steinmetz: regional coordinator for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits’ Central Minnesota Chapter, active volunteer and board member for the March of Dimes, adjunct faculty member for the Master of Public Administration program at Saint Cloud State University and the volunteer coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota; Michael Calavicci: Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and photography, assists local Minnesota based not-for-profit organizations; Peter Happel-Christian: associate professor in the Art Department at Saint Cloud State University. exhibited his work nationally and internationally and can be found in the collections of the Tucson Museum of Art and the Center for Creative Photography and San Francisco Art Institute artist book collection among others, received many grants and awards and fellowships from numerous organizations, published a variety of photobooks.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

George Minerich: professional film, digital and nature photographer; local arts center and photography club volunteer; Joyce Lyons: actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Community Orchestra Advisory Board; Elizabeth Valencia-Borgert: Bachelors of Science in Business, Master’s Business Administration from Winona State University; taught Ballet, Folkloric Venezuela Dance choreographer, Board of Directors Vice-President at the former Casa Guadalupe Multicultural Communities; committee member for the Event “A Place at the Table, sponsored by the Paramount Center for the Arts; Emily Steinmetz: regional coordinator for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits’ Central Minnesota Chapter, volunteer and board member for the March of Dimes, adjunct faculty member for the Master of Public Administration program at Saint Cloud State University, volunteer coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota; Michael Calavicci: Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and photography; passion for supporting the Arts led him to assisting local Minnesota based not-for-profit organizations; Peter Happel-Christian: Art Department associate professor at Saint Cloud State University, exhibited his work nationally and internationally and in the collections of the Tucson Museum of Art and Center for Creative Photography and San Francisco Art Institute artist book collection and others, received numerous grants and awards and fellowships, published a variety of photobooks.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,630
Other Funds Leveraged
$43,995
Direct expenses
$49,625
Administration costs
$5,630
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Grant outcomes include the list of 38 organizational duties performed Buffalo Community Orchestra's general manager and evaluated by board members along with her participation in the August 2018 board review of her job performance. With mutual agreement on a continuing list of duties, she has worked on many of the listed tasks each week of the concert season. Achieved proposed outcomes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Grant outcomes include the list of 38 organizational duties performed BCO's General Manager and evaluated by board members along with her participation in the August 2018 board review of her job performance. With mutual agreement on a continuing list of duties, she has worked on many of the listed tasks each week of the concert season.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Jeffrey
Last Name
Burns
Organization Name
Buffalo Community Orchestra
Street Address
877 Bison Blvd PO Box 707
City
Buffalo
State
MN
Zip Code
55313
Phone
(612) 803-7198
Email
orchestrabco@gmail.com
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

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3