Folk and Traditional Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,850
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pooja G. Pavan
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
June 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Project Overview

Folk and Traditional Arts

Project Details

Pavan will present two concerts, each with a lecture demonstration, featuring the Ghazal poetry of iconic Urdu language poets of North India, Ghalib, and Faiz.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Shamso Ahmed: Henna artist; community organizer; Jose Alvillar Hinojosa: Artist and educator; Paul Dahlin: Swedish American fiddler honored by the NEA; Mary Ellen Halverson: Lead quilter with Arts Board grantee Evening Star Quilters; Peggy Korsmo-Kennon: COO, American Swedish Institute; Rita Mustaphi: Founder and artistic director, Katha Dance Theatre. Choreographer, dancer, and educator.; Lucia Pawlowski: Assistant professor of English and cultural studies at St. Thomas; Kari Tauring: Nordic musician and educator; Arts Board grantee; Gene Yang: Active participant in Hmong cultural activities in Walnut Grove; school paraprofessional; Leah Yellowbird, Artist; Arts Board grantee

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,850
Other Funds Leveraged
$11,145
Direct expenses
$26,995
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide cultural enrichment with two concerts and two lectures/demonstrations of the Ghazal tradition in Hindustani music, expressed through the poetry of Ghalib and Faiz. The outcome will be evaluated through written and oral surveys at the end of each lecture/demonstration/concert, collating and analyzing the results at the end of the project. See narrative for more details. 2: Expose local audience to the Ghazal in the context of Indian culture and semi-classical Hindustani music, through the two concerts and two lectures/demonstrations. The outcome will be evaluated through written and oral surveys at the end of each lecture/demonstration/concert, collating and analyzing the results at the end of the project. See narrative for more details.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Presented a concert and lecture-demonstration on Ghalib's poetry in Jul'19 and a house concert and lecture-demonstration on Faiz's poetry in Mar'20 with cultural interpretation. A written survey handed to the audience with ten questions, to get feedback on the quality of the concert and lecture-demonstration. A conversation and Q and A session with the musicians and cultural interpreter, at the end of each concert and lecture-dem 2: Presented Ghalib's and Faiz's Ghazal poetry with new music compositions in Hindustani style, with the lecture-demonstrations providing their cultural significance. - A written survey handed to the audience with ten questions, to get feedback on the quality of the concert and lecture-demonstration. - A conversation and Q and A session with the musicians and cultural interpreter, at the end of each concert and lecture

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Pooja
Last Name
Pavan
Organization Name
Pooja G. Pavan AKA Pooja Pavan
State
MN
Phone
(612) 709-1263
Email
pooja.goswami74@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
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