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2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,279
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Carlton
Itasca
St. Louis
Carlton
Itasca
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
Kaitlyn Bohlin: Development manager, North House Folk School; Thomas Dodge: Secretary of Fairmont Opera House board of directors; Helen Franczyk: Arts marketing and communications consultant; Claudia Fuentes: Met Council outreach coordinator; arts volunteer; Amy Giddings: Music specialist, North Shore Community School, Duluth; Christopher Osgood: Vice president, community relations, McNally Smith College of Music; executive director, McNally Smith College of Music Foundation; Carolyn Wintersteen: Executive director of Theatre B; actor; Andrew Zimney: Director of operations, Youth Frontiers
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
$13,279
Other Funds Leveraged
$163,950
Direct expenses
$177,229
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Teach our students life-long music skills. Addressed by: Implementing Curriculum based on American String Teachers Association Curriculum. Evaluation tools: Students completing our program will be prepared for music beyond the high school level. 2: IOSP will collaborate with other area arts organizations to increase support for the arts. Improve cooperation and collaboration with local arts groups. Budget to pay instructors to prepare students for collaboration events. Evaluation: IOSP Students participate in three or more collaborations with local arts groups each year.

Measurable Outcome(s)

IOSP Curriculum based on the American String Teachers Associated Curriculum was implemented. All first and second year students use Essential Elements, a method book. An educational and curriculum guide for parents was developed and will be continually updated so parents support their students. 2: IOSP continues to work with local arts groups through building relationships to increase support for the arts. IOSP collaborated with area attractions to develop an area attractions map, and performed with our local Men's Chorus, the Itasca Music Club, and with the Reif Arts Council on a Chamber Music America residency.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Dave Kooda, Ellen Bogardus-Szymaniak, Tom Nelson, Shannon Benolken, Christa Berg, Joan Foster, Brad Johnson, Heather Krueger-Barth, Mary LaPlant, Amanda Neimala, Jerry Ophoven, Cheryl Louis
Project Manager
First Name
Tara
Last Name
Makinen
Organization Name
Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program
Street Address
720 Conifer Dr PO Box 140
City
Grand Rapids
State
MN
Zip Code
55744
Phone
(218) 327-5781
Email
tara@itascaorchestra.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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