Individual Artist

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Jim McKeel

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2014

End Date

October 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Dakota

Dodge

Faribault

Fillmore

Freeborn

Goodhue

Hennepin

Houston

Mower

Olmsted

Ramsey

Rice

Steele

Wabasha

Winona

Project Overview

Individual Artist

Project Details

Fabrizio's Comet: Composition and World-Premiere

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

$7,095

Direct expenses

$10,095

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Three performances (including capstone) will be free and accessible to the public, reaching 900 people, live and archived streams will draw in 100-300 more. Visits to 4 schools will reach and involve 800 kids who may not know anything about operetta.With a survey we will count how many people attend the capstone performance, learn where they are from, and what they know about operetta. We will count students at the schools and have a Q and A with them after the performance to assess success.

Measurable Outcome(s)

By offering three free performances of the operetta in a well-known and easily-accessible venue and by offering two free elementary school performances by our Commedia dell Arte troupe we were able to reach and attract many students of all ages, Northfield area residents, and seniors who would otherwise find the distance to the Twin Cities or the price of traditional lyric theater tickets prohibitive.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Jim

McKeel

Jim McKeel

(507) 646-3213

hager@stolaf.edu

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