General Operating Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Owatonna Arts Council AKA Owatonna Arts Center

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2014

End Date

August 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Rice

Steele

Waseca

Project Overview

General Operating Support

Project Details

Program Expansion

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

$136,435

Direct expenses

$139,435

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We are dedicated to providing high-quality opportunities to our region and to providing arts access to more Minnesotans. As the only community organization focused solely on arts and with recent cutbacks in school programs, we feel a responsibility to offer the strongest possible programming.We plan to use stories, surveys (onsite and online), interviews and data collection (attendance and participation: as our measurements. We have also experimented with video and audio recordings, so that will be one of our next steps. Our board, staff and committees will spend time in evaluation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The family art events served 48 family members, many of whom had not participated in the last. Outreach to teenagers was successful with the summer solstice movie event. Several classes were held for local preschool facilities and children were able to create works of art to take home.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Korey Borchert, Jim Brunner, Megan Kruggel, Ray Lacina, Pam Mikeworth, April Paxton, Laura Romnes, Doug Ruth, Kristin Warehime

Project Manager

Megan

Proft

Owatonna Arts Council AKA Owatonna Arts Center

435 Garden View Ln PO Box 134

Owatonna

55060