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Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$218,484
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Minnesota Opera AKA Minnesota Opera
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2011
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Stearns
Washington
Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Stearns
Washington
Project Overview
Operating Support
Project Details
General operating support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., 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., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Ellen McInnis, Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Becky Agnew: Board member, Region 2 Arts Council.; Lawrence Burnett: Choral director and professor of music, Carleton College.; Susan Chandler: Assistant director, Arts Midwest.; Gregory Grinley: Director of development, American Craft Council.; Amy Hunter: Program coordinator, Freshwater Education District Schools. Board member, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Staples Motley Area Arts Council. Personal and professional coach and consultant, artist.; Paula Justich: Program director of arts and cultural management, St Mary's University of Minnesota.; Linda Nelson-Mayson: Director, Goldstein Museum of Design.; Jennifer Penzkover: Coordinator, Saint Cloud Arts Commission.; James Williams: Artistic associate, Pillsbury House Theatre. Co-director and acting coach, Seeds of Change program at Central High School, Central Touring Theatre, and Hennepin County Home School Theatre Project.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$218,484
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,065,516
Direct expenses
$10,284,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Provoke public discussion about themes germane to contemporary Minnesotans through a series of public events and partnerships and connect opera to people who otherwise might not attend. 2. Have a meaningful musical education presence in classrooms across the state. 3. Give talented young Minnesota singers the training and support to pursue a college degree in singing. Measures of assessment include attendance, ticket sales, audience surveys, and feedback with education initiatives evaluated by staff and partners on an ongoing basis and at the end of each program cycle.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Provoked public discussion through performances at Minnesota State Fair, Mill City Farmer's Market, Concrete and Grass Music Festival, Virginia (Minnesota) Community Concert, and partnerships with Mankato Symphony, Paramount Theatre, The Schubert Club, Red Wing Opera Club, Rochester Aria Group, Trylon, Alliance Francaise, Germanic-American Institute, and events for world premiere of "Silent Night." 2. The Opera's presence in classrooms reached 4,134 youth. University of Minnesota classes were taught by a

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Martha Goldberg Aronson, Wendy Bennett, Shari Boehnen, Susan S. Boren, Kathleen Callahan, Rachelle D. Chase, Jane M. Confer, Jodi Dehli, Chip Emery, Bianca Fine, Steve Fox, Sharon Hawkins, Margaret Houlton, Ruth S. Huss, Heinz F. Hutter, Philip Isaacson, James Johnson, Patricia Johnson, Christine Larsen, Robert Lee, Lynne E. Looney, David Meline, Leni Moore, Luis Pagan-Carlo, Jose Peris, Bradford Pleimann, Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad, Stephanie J. Prem, Sergio Rial, Don Romanaggi, Mark Schwarzmann, Peter Sipkins, Barry Snyder, Simon Stevens, H. Bernt von Ohlen, Sharon Winslow, Margaret Wurtele.
Project Manager
First Name
Beth
Last Name
Comeaux
Organization Name
The Minnesota Opera AKA Minnesota Opera
Street Address
620 N 1st St
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55401-1225
Phone
(612) 333-2700
Email
bcomeaux@mnopera.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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