Creative Intersections
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
One Voice Mixed Chorus
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
OUT in Our Schools
Project Details
Funding for OUT in Our Schools, an arts initiative utilizing music to encourage healthy awareness of GLBTA communities.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Lia Rivamonte: Executive Director, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts; Kersten Elverum: City of Hopkins, Director of Planning and Development; Jun-Li Wang: Artist Community Organizer, Springboard for the Arts; John Bueche: Bedlam Theatre; Jessica Briggs: Program Manager, Ananya Dance Theatre; Steve Boland: Loan Officer, Nonprofits Assistance Fund.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$33,500
Direct expenses
$48,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To honor diversity and help students become agents of change through music that speaks to their experiences; to create connections between multicultural youth and GLBT adults; to dispel negative myths and stereotypes.Pre- and post-program surveys of students.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Successfully brought music to schools without music programs; in post-project surveys there were no negative comments about GLBT people, where there were in pre-program surveys.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Tim Bicha, Carolee Lindsey, Jon Lewis, Sheryl Snitkin, Ganapathy Narayan, Scott Burglechner, Greg Grinley, Earl Moore, Mary Lou Steeden
Project Manager
First Name
Catherine
Last Name
Krisik
Organization Name
One Voice Mixed Chorus
Street Address
732 Holly Ave Ste Q
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104-7125
Phone
(651) 298-1954
Email
executivedirector@OneVoiceMN.org
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