Legacy Individual Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,470
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Chuck A. Johnson
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2023
End Date
May 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Otter Tail
Grant
Douglas
Hennepin
Rock
Dakota
Dakota
Otter Tail
Grant
Douglas
Hennepin
Rock
Dakota
Dakota
Project Overview

Legacy Individual Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

to produce 9 performances in area schools, public venues and nursing homes of "The Night Before Gettysburg" in which Abraham Lincoln finishes writing the Gettysburg Address

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Jan Jackola: Program Coordinator, Community Vitality, UofM Extension Service; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Jana Tonsfeldt: retired elementary teacher, visual artist; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Heather Hjelle: Working opera singer, professor of music at Bethany Lutheran College, private voice teacher; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Therese Vogel: Retired Community Ed. Director for Ulen-Hitterdal School, Top Hat Theatre Exec. Director, Career Guidance Counselor and current grant writer

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jan Jackola: Program Coordinator, Community Vitality, UofM Extension Service; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Heather Hjelle: Working opera singer, professor of music at Bethany Lutheran College, private voice teacher; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Therese Vogel: Retired Community Ed. Director for Ulen-Hitterdal School, Top Hat Theatre Exec. Director, Career Guidance Counselor and current grant writer

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,470
Other Funds Leveraged
$760
Direct expenses
$7,230
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The individual estimates that 500 individuals will indicate that the grant project had a positive impact on their communities and that the arts are important to them, either personally or to their communities. The individual will evaluate their activities using an audience questionnaire.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Of the survey respondents, 540 indicated that the project was important to them personally and their community and that the project had a positive impact on the community.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved none of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Chuck
Last Name
Johnson
Organization Name
Chuck A. Johnson
State
MN
Phone
(218) 298-2212
Email
chuckjohnsonperham@gmail.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
Email the Agency
Location

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780