Equip/Fac

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,087
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Calumet Players, Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
July 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Pipestone
Pipestone
Project Overview
Equip/Fac
Project Details
Calumet Players sound board and microphones
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Kate Aydin: retired educator; Paula Nemes: musician, librarian, former coordinator of Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, Marshall Area Stage Company; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member of Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Susan Marco: writer, former High School English/creative writing teacher; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: writer, visual artist, director, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: Human Resources Director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Reggie Gorter: vocalist, theatre, voice/dance teacher; Dana Johnson: producer/filmmaker; Scott Tedrick: journalist, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization, theatre director/actor.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Dan Wahl: writer, visual artist, director, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Cheryl Avenel-Navara: arts advocate; Kris Gruhot: musician, business owner; Cheryl Hanson: theatre, dance, banking; Lois Schmidt: nonprofit advisory.
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
$2,087
Other Funds Leveraged
$522
Direct expenses
$2,609
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our goal is to continue to bring quality productions to audiences in Pipestone. We also hope to increase our audience attendance for our regular shows. To reach out and bring shows to audiences that would not normally get to benefit from them. We also hope to reach people who would not normally attend a performance in a theater form a relationship with our audience and bring them into the theater. Our success will be measured in a few ways. First we will continue to have quality musicals and be able to provide mics to all the key performers that will be on stage at the same time. Secondly we will measure our success through community feedback so that we will know, if it is a first time theater goer or if we are attracting the same audience. This will be discussed with the board after each show. Thirdly we will know if we brought the person into the theater from another show with surveys during the musical.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The digital microphones improved the sound of the performers and provided them with a microphone. The microphones greatly enhance the show overall. After the purchase of digital equipment the Pipestone Performing Art Center were impressed enough to switch their entire sound equipment to digital.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Brooke VanEssen, JaNeil Peschon, Sarah Turnbull, Tammy Grubbs, Diana Brecher, Sylvia Newell, Wally Potts, Fred Portz, Bronwyn Jones
Project Manager
First Name
Tammy
Last Name
Grubbs
Organization Name
The Calumet Players, Inc.
Street Address
PO Box 194
City
Pipestone
State
MN
Zip Code
56164
Phone
(507) 825-4120
Email
sylvianewell@hotmail.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

509 W Main St, PO Box 55
Marshall, Minnesota 56258 

Phone
Phone Manager: Nicole DeBoer
(507) 537-1471
Email the Agency