Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,529
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
KAIROS ALIVE!
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Beltrami
Cass
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Lake
Ramsey
Beltrami
Cass
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Lake
Ramsey
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

To support the artistic work of Maria Genne, to promote her vision of sharing the joy of intergenerational interactive participatory dance and story, and to liberate its power to nurture and heal.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,529
Other Funds Leveraged
$410,486
Direct expenses
$410,486
Administration costs
$2,010
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Kairos Alive! will expand arts engagement experiences for underserved audiences, with older adults in non-traditional intergenerational settings. Kairos Alive! expects to expand programs with specific evaluations from participants; for 20+ Dancing Heart, 5+ Intergenerational Dance Hall events, one Moving Well training, and three seasons of multiple interactive weekly participatory 2-way webcasts.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Kairos Alive! expanded arts engagement experiences for underserved audiences, with older adults in non-traditional intergenerational settings. We tallied attendance; both number of screens and of participants; pre and post surveys show acceptance and enjoyment of 2-way interactive streamed arts engagement programming.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Gary Oftedahl, Brenna Galvin, Leni de Mik, Joan Semmer, Melanie Broida, Nicholas Chew, Maria Genne
Project Manager
First Name
Maria
Last Name
Genne
Organization Name
KAIROS ALIVE!
Street Address
3407 W 44th St
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55410
Phone
(612) 926-5454
Email
maria@kairosalive.org
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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