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Community Collaborations: Celebrate 50 Years of Art & Culture with ACT

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,944
Project of
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2014
End Date
May 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Preservation
Counties Affected
Freeborn
Freeborn
Project Overview
The Freeborn County Historical Society and ACT (Albert Lea Community Theatre) partnered to preserve and celebrate the 50th anniversary of ACT in our community. ACT has provided play bills/programs, photos and scrapbooks to be scanned and we have had photo collages made to be used in exhibits and put together a power point as well. As a result of this partnership, individuals have also come forward with personal collections of photos and play programs to be scanned and added to the collection. We held an open house at the museum and invited the public to see an exhibit of photos, collages and props to celebrate this partnership. We were all overwhelmed at the amount of materials collected and are pleased to know the collection is preserved for future generations.
Project Details
25 participated
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,944
Other Funds Leveraged
$813
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

By forming this partnership we will preserve the history of ACT in our community for future generations and celebrate their success over a 50 year span. We will offer an open house to the public to view the photo collages and exhibits that we will create through the process of this grant project and form bonds with this organizations that have not existed before. We will be able to demonstrate to our community that through collaborating together Great Things Can Happen! We will survey guest that attend the open house and request suggestions of other collaboration that might be possible to strengthen the preservation of our cultural heritage.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We had 25 individuals attend the program, from many different walks of life. They all enjoyed the program and are glad to see that an effort has been taken to preserve our cultural history for future generations. A few of the younger attendees were not aware that ACT has been in the community for 50 years, but all attendees enjoyed the PowerPoint presentation and looking at the photo collages and play props in our display. We had no negative comments.

Source of Additional Funds

Albert Lea Community Theater, SELCO, Freeborn County Historical Society Library

Project Manager
First Name
Ann
Last Name
Hutton
Organization Name
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating
Street Address
2600 19th Street NW
City
Rochester
State
MN
Zip Code
55901-0767
Phone
507-288-5513
Email
ahutton@selco.info
Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota Department of Education

Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200
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