Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,242
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Three Rivers Arts Council
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2023
End Date
November 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Wilkin
Wilkin
Wilkin
Wilkin
Project Overview

Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

to sponsor a Native arts education residency featuring master flute player Bryan Akipa and Moccasin Game duo to engage the schools and public

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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,242
Other Funds Leveraged
$232
Direct expenses
$8,474
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The organization estimates that 5000 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 organization will evaluate their activities using participant, audience, and artist questionnaires.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Of the survey respondents, 42 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 most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Renelle Bertsch, Mary Ann Conrad, Brad Edwardson, Lise Erdrich, Rita Erdrich, Bruce Fingerson, Lori Waller Jensen, Jazmin Rall, Chris Vedder, Laura Youngbird
Project Manager
First Name
Lise
Last Name
Erdrich
Organization Name
Three Rivers Arts Council
Street Address
330 Oak ST
City
Breckenridge
State
MN
Zip Code
56520
Phone
(701) 642-2811
Email
mama.chris.330@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