General Operating Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Northland Words

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2014

End Date

April 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Dakota

Dodge

Fillmore

Goodhue

Hennepin

Mower

Olmsted

Waseca

Winona

Project Overview

General Operating Support

Project Details

Staffing and Salaries

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Kjellgren Alkire: art faculty Winona State University; Hal Cropp: Executive Director Commonweal Theatre; Daved Driscoll: Artistic Director Words Players Theatre; Julie Fakler: Edication Coordinator Paradise Center for the Arts; Larry Gorrell: former dean Saint Mary's University; Teresa Kauffmann: public information officer City of Albert Lea; Paula Michel: Secretary Harmony Arts Board; Jane Olive: Mantorville Theatre Company; Scott Roberts: visual artist; Judy Saye-Willis: fiber artist; Steve Schmidt: General Manager City of Rochester Music Department.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Judy Hickey: Board Children's Dance Theatre; Bill Hoy: playwright, songwriter; David Kassler: musician; Kathy Rush: Lockwood Theatre Company; Joan Sween: novelist columnist, playwright; Phil Taylor: visual artist; Sandy Thompson: Development Director Rochester Art Center; Gary Tollers: musician; Emily Urness: columnist, literary editor Rochester Post Bulletin; Tom Willis: visual artist.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$106,364

Direct expenses

$109,364

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To reach more audiences, we are trying to change our venues and meet people where they are. SkyVault will bring several dozen performances to smaller communities. We will evolve with the community by lively discussions after each show.We plan to use more playful and interactive response type surveys. For the Christmas Carol we asked each participant to vote on their mood after the show by putting charcoal in a vase. Their vote represented their mood about their experience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We met the goals of our project brining performances into communities outside of Rochester, performing in different venues, and thus bring theatre TO people. We were able to adapt performances to each audience and to each location. We also brought theatre experiences to our participants, as they had opportunities to create and collaborate and make, as they contributed to the originality of each production.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Daved Driscoll, Donna Driscoll, Kathy Kuhlmann

Project Manager

Daved

Driscoll

Northland Words

14 4th St SW

Rochester

55902