Minnesota Festival Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$75,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Hot Summer Jazz Festival AKA Twin Cities Jazz Festival

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

End Date

October 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Anoka

Dakota

Hennepin

Ramsey

Scott

Washington

Project Overview

Minnesota Festival Support

Project Details

Twin Cities Jazz Festival will attract 40,000 festivalgoers of all ages to Lowertown and Downtown Saint Paul on June 23-25 to showcase 400 Minnesota jazz artists at nineteen venues.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Richard Hansen: Film curator, Redeye Cinema; founder, Duluth Superior Film Festival and Prove Gallery, Duluth; Hassen Hussein: Assistant professor at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota; director of business development at African Economic Development Solutions; Steven Madson: Owner and president, SRO Productions (event company); Dayna Martinez: Artistic director of world music, dance and the International Children's Festival, Ordway Center; Karen Michels: Executive director, Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce.; William Venne: Chief development officer, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$75,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$234,187

Direct expenses

$309,187

Administration costs

$40,556

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.25

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

TCJF 2017 will feature 400 Minnesota jazz artists performing straight ahead, big band, bebop, ragtime, and Latin jazz genres to 40,000. TCJF will document the names and number of Minnesota artists, as well as their instruments and jazz genres. Police will provide crowd estimates. 2: TCJF will present 130 free jazz shows in nineteen Lowertown and Downtown Saint Paul venues. TCJF will document the names and locations of nineteen venues in the TCJF 2017 program.

Measurable Outcome(s)

TCJF featured 586 Minnesota artists performing wide range of Jazz canon, to 57,425 attendees. Payroll, artist survey, police crowd estimates. 2: TCJF presented 108 free jazz shows in 22 venues. Program, website schedule.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jim Scheibel,Steve Heckler,Barbara Davis,Phylis Olin,Kevin Barnes,Larry Stoaiken,Doug Brown,Alden Drew,Michael Cook

Project Manager

Laura

Littleford

Hot Summer Jazz Festival AKA Twin Cities Jazz Festival

214 4th St E Ste 140

St Paul

55101