Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,119
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Duluth Ballet AKA Minnesota Ballet
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Lake
St. Louis
Lake
St. Louis
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,119
Other Funds Leveraged
$735,963
Direct expenses
$765,082
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Through all the Ballet’s programming and efforts at inclusion, the fuller public can experience the art of dance as participants and audience members. Ballet programs are inclusive as measured by such means as goal-based evaluation of audience ages, observation by staff and parents of special Creative Dance classes, monitoring Americans with Disabilities Act plan. 2: Through excellent presentations, education programs, and nourishing of state artists, Ballet helps arts flourish in northern Minnesota and beyond. Arts thrive in Duluth area and beyond lifted by the Ballet’s fine artistic efforts, measured by such outcome-based assessing as data-gathering, internal/external observation, participant surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Ballet's outreach programs and adaptive ballet class widened inclusion of participants; family-friendly performances encouraged a wide age range. Ballet evaluated audience ages, brought nontraditional audiences by working with service groups; reviewed teacher responses to outreach programs; employed suggestions by parents of adaptive dance class; monitored ADA plan. 2: In 50th anniversary season, Ballet helped to keep arts flourishing by providing high-quality performances, training, outreach, and using musicians. Ballet monitored audience reaction, performance reviews, social media postings; artistic staff tracked company and student development; staff, outreach director, school teachers evaluated impact of outreach programs.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Sue Fuchs, Jayme Hartman, Renee Heytens, Betsy Holcomb, Bonnie Hughes, Rachel Inselman, Susan Johnson, Morgana Kolenda, Harvey Plasch, Ed Schumacher, Carole Turner, Jeanne Urban, Briana von Elbe, Mary Jo White, Mel Winkler, Darlene Wolfe
Project Manager
First Name
Jasmine
Last Name
McDonough
Organization Name
Duluth Ballet AKA Minnesota Ballet
Street Address
301 1st St W Ste 800
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55802-1613
Phone
(218) 529-3742x 17
Email
managingdirector@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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