General Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Nortun Lodge 1-016
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2012
End Date
January 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

General Operating Support

Project Details

Design promotional tools and signage for building, furnish office space, make space handicap accessible.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.

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 Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,560
Direct expenses
$16,560
Administration costs
$1,020
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide events and programs for community, growth in membership.Attendance at events, monthly board review and evaluation of programs, financial stability.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Redevolped organization as the Nordic Center and have expanded nordic arts and cultural programming through built up relationships locally.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Krisbjorg Eide, Bente Soderlind, Diane Blackmer, Lynne Erickson, Arna Rennan, Lise Lunge Larsen, Karen Rathe Ruona
Project Manager
First Name
Karen
Last Name
Ruona
Organization Name
Nortun Lodge 1-016
Street Address
21A Lake Ave
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55802
Phone
(218) 729-5934
Email
jruona@msn.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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Location


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
(218) 722-0952
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