Folk and Traditional Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,818
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Hamline University
Recipient Type
Public College/University
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2015
End Date
October 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Project Overview
Folk and Traditional Arts
Project Details
Hamline University will produce a series of four week-long residencies in the Midway area of Saint Paul, consisting of public concerts, lectures, and participatory workshops by Minnesota-based Latin American traditional music groups from Haiti, Brazil, P
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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies; Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
John Berquist: Director, Saint Paul Swedish Male Chorus; former director, Rochester International Association; Rebecca Dallinger: Special projects coordinator at the White Earth Tribal and Community College; Rhonda Dass: Associate professor of anthropology, and director of museum studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Debra Korluka: Byzantine iconography artist and instructor; Phyllis May-Machunda: Cofounder and director of Training Our Campuses Against Racism. Facilitator, Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity. Folklorist, scholar, and educator.; Scott Pollock: Director of exhibitions, collections and programs, American Swedish Institute; Perry Price: Director of education, American Craft Council; Chris Schuelke: Executive director, Otter Tail County Historical Society
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,818
Other Funds Leveraged
$13,600
Direct expenses
$53,418
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To provide performance and teaching opportunities to select Minnesota performers of Latin American traditional music. We will achieve this through our programming and collaboration with the artists. We will evaluate this through surveys and interviews with the artists and stakeholders. 2: To provide local residents exposure to select Latin American traditional music, to increase their understanding of the music and cultures they represent. We will achieve this through publicity and community outreach for audiences and participants. We will evaluate this through surveys and interviews with attendees and audiences.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our South of the Border: Traditions series provided four artist groups with a variety of twenty-five performance and teaching programming opportunities. Hamline University/The Minnesota Global Arts Institute’s series director Miriam Gerberg and the Evaluation consultant, Bethany Gladhill identified the stakeholders to survey. For the first program outcome the focus was on the presented artists and their experience with the project. They were interviewed to: clarify the project goals for the stakeholders; determine if the goals were met, identify challenges and issues to change, and determine best practices to complete, in the future. 2: Our South of the Border: Traditions series provided the public with a variety of twenty-five performance and workshops, many free, with four artist groups. For the second program outcome the focus was on the elementary school, the Hamline community, the surrounding Hamline-Midway community; the concert audiences. Evaluation data was collected through: Interviews, An audience survey, Marketing analysis, Series materials (press and outreach, posters, photos, and other information). These were used to clarify the project goals for the stakeholders, determine if the goals were met, and to identify challenges and issues to change in the future.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Robert C. Klas Jr., Gwen Lerner, Cindy M. Gregorson, Richard L. Mack, Karen Bach, Lorinda Burgess, Ching-Meng Chew, Doron Clark, Bryce A. Doty, Winston Folkers, Jeanne M. Forneris, Linda N. Hanson, Brenda Edmondson Heim, Denise Holloman, Michael S. LaFontaine, Kent T. Larson, Barbara K. Lupient, Kita L. McVay, Nneka Morgan Sr., Kenneth W. Morris, Christie Cozad Neuger, Jay Novak, Bishop Bruce R. Ough, Carl A. Pellettieri, Dale E. Peterson, Stephen L. Richards, Julie Hagen Showers, Gary Stern, Wendy B. Watson, Carol Young Anderson, Mrs. Darrel Alkire, Kay L. Fredericks, Alexandra Sandy Klas, Robert C. Klas Sr., Katherine Austin Mahle, Thomas J. McGough Sr., Ronald A. Mitsch, Gerald M. Needham, Rozanne L. Ridgway, Orem O. Robbins, John G. Turner, Kenneth B. Woodrow
Project Manager
First Name
Miriam
Last Name
Gerberg
Organization Name
Hamline University
Street Address
1536 Hewitt Ave MS-B1801
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
(651) 523-2827
Email
miriam.gerberg@mac.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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