Folk and Traditional Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Nirmala Rajasekar
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2020
End Date
December 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Project Overview

Folk and Traditional Arts

Project Details

Nirmala Rajasekar and percussion master Boopathi will conduct workshops and lectures and perform two concerts by eighteenth century composers of South Indian Carnatic music on the theme of the elements and nature.

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

Anne Adabra: Founder and chair, Minnesota Haitian Cultural Center; social studies teacher; dancer and storyteller; Carol Colburn: Teacher and researcher, Scandinavian garment making; Rhonda Dass: Professor of anthropology, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Lesly Gámez: Teacher, St Paul Public Schools. Dancer, Los Alegres Bailadores; Sarina Partridge: Educator and musician; Mai Vang: Founder of Hmong Museum; collections manager at Minnesota Museum of American Art; Gwen Nell Westerman Wasicuna: Poet and fiber artist

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 Cultural Heritage

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,450
Direct expenses
$24,450
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Workshop participants will gain knowledge and insight into this rare body of works (Elements' compositions). At the end of the workshops, Boopathi and I will evaluate the learning achieved and confidence gained in this material by asking the students to discuss and demonstrate some of the compositions they have learned and studied in the workshops. 2: Lecture attendees will have an understanding and appreciation of the these special Elements' based compositions of Carnatic music -. Entry and Exit surveys will be collected from the attendees and tabulated by the project evaluator; she will conduct interviews/ collect feedback which will inform us of the knowledge gained by the participants.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Workshop participants gained knowledge and insight into this rare body of works (Elements' compositions). At the end of the workshops, Boopathi and Nirmala evaluated the learning achieved and confidence gained in this material by asking the students to discuss and demonstrate some of the compositions they have learned and studied in the workshops. 2: Minnesotans understand how folk and traditional art forms are practiced and/or their cultural significance. Barbara Hackett Cox, Evaluator, provides ongoing feedback to the project leaders upon review of documentation (video, audio, and text) of various activities and a final evaluation at the completion of the project.??.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Nirmala
Last Name
Rajasekar
Organization Name
Nirmala Rajasekar
State
MN
Phone
(763) 245-6799x c
Email
nirmalarajasekar@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
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