Folk and Traditional Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,400
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Richard W. Hensold AKA Dick Hensold
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2012
End Date
October 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Beltrami
Clay
Ramsey
Washington
Winona
Beltrami
Clay
Ramsey
Washington
Winona
Project Overview
Folk and Traditional Arts
Project Details
Hensold will bring master fiddler Andrea Beaton to Minnesota to collaborate with him on a series of concerts and workshops in Cape Breton fiddle playing and dancing.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr.: Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri: Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp: Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Elizabeth Bucheit: Visual artist, jewelry and metalwork; Nicolas Carter: Harpist, performer of Latin American music, Fulbright Scholar, Teaching artist; Tamara Nadel: Founding member, Ragamala Dance; Timothy Sparks: Musician, guitarist; Kimberly Sueoka: Vocalist, specializing in Hawaiian music; instructor and artist in residence; Gwen Westerman Wasicuna: Professor of English and humanities, Minnesota State University Mankato. Poet and fiber artist.; Greg Wright: Executive director, North House Folk School
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,400
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,726
Direct expenses
$10,126
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Broaden the appreciation of Scottish culture to include art from a lesser-known corner of the Scottish diaspora, namely Cape Breton Island. Measure audience numbers, workshop participant numbers, and ask concert audiences certain questions about Cape Breton culture. 2: Achieve recognized mastery of Cape Breton piping, in order to be able to teach others. Evaluate feedback from my teacher and track the interest of other pipers in learning the tradition from me. More students of Cape Breton piping indicates a positive outcome.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I asked questions relating to the audience's experience with Cape Breton and its culture during concerts and workshops, and noted the show of hands that responded. Tabulation was more exact during workshops than at concerts. Exposure to Cape Breton music was definitely a new experience for most of the audience and workshop participants. Among workshop participants, although most (77%) of these musicians had heard of Cape Breton music before, only 23% had any chance to study it previously, and only 14% had been to Cape Breton, which is 2000 miles from here. Concert audiences had even less prior familiarity with this tradition: only about 25% had previously heard OF Cape Breton music, and only about 20% had previously been to a Cape Breton music concert. A similarly small percentage associated Cape Breton music with Scotland. Audience and workshop numbers were acceptable, but would have been much higher if not for a freak May snowstorm, which greatly reduced the Winona audience.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Richard
Last Name
Hensold
Organization Name
Richard W. Hensold AKA Dick Hensold
State
MN
Phone
(651) 646-6581
Email
hensold@world.oberlin.edu
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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