Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,780
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Duluth Ballet AKA Minnesota Ballet
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2013
End Date
June 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Carlton
Itasca
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Stearns
Aitkin
Carlton
Itasca
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Stearns
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

General operating support

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$30,780
Other Funds Leveraged
$742,263
Direct expenses
$773,043
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The full public is able to experience the art of dance, whether as participants or audience members. The Duluth Ballet will evaluate the diversity of participation in its programs, the effectiveness of its access policy, and the fulfillment of the public’s scope of needs, especially those of nontraditional dance audiences and participants using staff and board observation of audience diversity; summary of age categories for tickets, seating provided to service organization clients, parent feedback of class for children with developmental challenges. 2: Through the Duluth Ballet’s programs, the dance arts flourish in Northern Minnesota and beyond in the state. The Duluth Ballet will evaluate its success in developing its repertoire, enhancing the company’s artistry, training students, meeting and improving the area’s outreach needs, and helping other organizations through collaborations using audience survey of repertoire, performance reviews, artistic staff observation of company and students, public school teacher surveys for outreach programs, feedback from Symphony Orchestra’s String Quartet.

Measurable Outcome(s)

All Ballet programs were handicapped-accessible; breadth of programing appealed to all ages, back-grounds, education level, mental challenges, income. Dance thrives from the Ballet’s dancer development, student training, performances of story ballets and stimulating works, outreach, and state tours.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jeff Anderson, Morgana Davis, Betsy Holcomb, Rachel Inselman, Susan Johnson, Ken Kolquist, Wendy Kropid, Harvey Plasch, Karen Rathe Ruona, Nate Stoltman, Carole Turner, Shelby Vittorio, Briana von Elbe, Mary Jo W
Project Manager
First Name
Willy
Last Name
McManus
Organization Name
Duluth Ballet AKA Minnesota Ballet
Street Address
301 W 1st St Ste 800
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55802-1613
Phone
(218) 529-3742x 17
Email
bizadmin@minnesotaballet.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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