Flexible Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show LLC
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2021
End Date
June 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Washington
Project Overview

Flexible Support

Project Details

Lao New Year Culture and Dance Celebration

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner; Amanda Cortes: Artspace and Springboard for the Arts; Paul Creager: Square Lake Film and Music Festival Founder and Director; Adrienne Doyle: Juxtaposition Arts Tactical Lead and Development Associate; Craig Dunn: Access Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Interdisciplinary Artist and Sparkle Theatricals Creative Creative Director; Ryan-Olivia McCoy: Black Label Movement and Shapeshift dancer; Christal Moose: Native Arts Collaborative Agency and Native Pride Productions, Inc. Arts Manager and Artist; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Independent Consultant; Andrea Sjogren: Community Education; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Sara Wilson: Lommen Abdo P.A. Attorney; Kate Walker: Valley Chamber Chorale Singer; Lauren White: Augsburg College Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Charles Tirey, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Artistic; Denzel Belin, ; Derek Taborda-Whitt, Program Development, Accessibility/Disability Access, Education; Hadiya Shire, Community Education, Youth Programming, Artistic; Isela Xitlali Gomez, Artistic, Community Education, Organizational Development; Tarek Abdelqader; Ying Vu, Artistic, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$0
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Residents learn new arts skills and techniques; residents gain awareness and appreciation for artistic disciplines and mediums; artists build their capacity through professional development. Interviews/Conversations with participants

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our Lao culture dance New Year event was very successful, The artist, the audience and communities were very proud and happy to be a part of lao tradition culture, all of the people that attended the event enjoy the performances and gave us great complements and congratulations to our artist teams. After we spoked to the parents and the attendees the parent was very proud of their children for they awesome performance and happy for the children that they love to learn the lao Culture traditional heritage and want to keep continue doing more, the audience also enjoy and very impress with the performances and want they children to join and learn more with our Organization.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Niphone Phommaras, Jareunesyn Phommaras, Chansamone Omvongkot
Project Manager
First Name
Niphone
Last Name
Phommaras
Organization Name
Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show LLC
Street Address
957 1st St
City
St Paul Park
State
MN
Zip Code
55071
Phone
(612) 986-2869
Email
nokipris@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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency