Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,117
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Jawaahir Dance Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
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
Kathy Anderson: Executive director of Trollwood Performing Arts School and Bluestem Center for the Arts; Jonathan Carter: Solution manager, General Mills; former board chair, Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir; Tony Cuneo: Executive director, Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community; Crystal Hegge: Director, Frozen River Film Festival; Heidi Jeub: Visual artist; former executive director of Visual Arts Minnesota; Jonathan Lewis: Executive director, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; percussionist; Aleshia Mueller: Owner, Reel Nomad Productions; Chamath Perera: Independent leadership coach and fund development consultant; independent filmmaker; Margaret Rog: Grant writer and development consultant for nonprofits; former Metropolitan Regional Arts Council president|Kasey Ross, Organizational change management consultant
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
$10,117
Other Funds Leveraged
$229,421
Direct expenses
$239,538
Administration costs
$2,030
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Engage diverse audiences in Arabic dance and music: Fall 2015 concert with live Arabic band, new choreography by two master Arabic dance artists. Measure success with attendance and ticket sales data, company satisfaction with guest artists’ new choreography, choreographers’ and musicians’ satisfaction, audience engagement in artist talks. 2: Offer opportunities for intimate engagement with Arabic arts through salons, workshops, participation in community-based events and arts festivals. Attendance numbers and audience conversations at free community events such as Blaine Festival, Midtown Music Fest, Uptown Art: Increased understanding or changed misperceptions? Were people entertained?

Measurable Outcome(s)

Jawaahir engaged diverse audience in Arab dance and music, thru Fall 2015 concert with live Arab band, traditional dance, and new choreography. Jawaahir tracked attendance and sales, assessed company dancers' satisfaction with new choreography, interviewed guest musicians and choreographers, collected audience comments thru engagement in post-concert artist talks. 2: Jawaahir created opportunities for intimate engagement with Arab arts thru salons, Henna Party, and participation in community arts festivals. Jawaahir assessed enjoyment and cultural understanding at free community events and art fairs by collecting attendance #s (thru observation and from organizers? data), and collecting audience response thru conversations.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Casandra Shore, Patricia Auch, Kay Campbell, Salah Abdel Fattah, Eileen Goren, Theresa Kane, Kathy McCurdy, Melanie Meyer, Jenny Piper, Eileen O'Shaughnessy
Project Manager
First Name
Cassandra
Last Name
Shore
Organization Name
Jawaahir Dance Company
Street Address
3010 Minnehaha Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 872-6050
Email
cassandra@jawaahir.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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