Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,576
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ragamala Dance
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2016
End Date
June 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carver
Cass
Fillmore
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Winona
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carver
Cass
Fillmore
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Winona
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. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Melissa Brechon: Faculty member, Masters of Library and Information, Saint Catherine University; Pamela Fletcher: Associate professor of English and director of writing at Saint Catherine University; Amy Hunter: Retired educator; board member, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts; Jonathan Lewis: Executive director, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; percussionist; Roxana Linares: Executive director, Centro Tyrone Guzman; Jill Moore: Executive Director of Great River Arts; E. Jane Olive: Retired nurse and transplant coordinator; community volunteer; costumer; Marjorie Ostroushko: Cofounder and manager of Giving Voice Chorus; public radio strategist and marketer; Michael Ricci: Director of theater at North Hennepin Community College; Dana Sikkila, Visual artist; executive director of the 410 Project art gallery and artistic director of Black Water Press
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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,576
Other Funds Leveraged
$532,243
Direct expenses
$566,819
Administration costs
$2,766
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences impacted across language/ethnicity/nationality/age/geography, showing that culturally rooted dance work can speak to the 21c U.S. experience. Success in reaching, impacting, inspiring, and challenging diverse audiences is monitored through written surveys, conversation with attendees, video interviews, email, blogs and social media. 2: Indian-Americans inspired to re-envision their own art forms not as cultural relics but as a living language to examine their immigrant experience. Success in reaching, impacting, inspiring, and challenging Indian-American audiences is monitored through written surveys, conversation with attendees, video interviews, email, blogs and social media.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Diverse attendees at Ragamala's public performances and community engagement activities were moved, challenged, inspired, engaged, and educated. Ragamala collected audience response and demographics via surveys, comment cards, video interviews, emails, social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram), conversation with attendees, and dialogue with partnering organizations. 2: Ragamala's public performances and engagement activities inspired Indian-American attendees to encounter their own cultural traditions in new ways. Ragamala collected audience response and demographics via surveys, comment cards, video interviews, emails, social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram), conversation with attendees, and dialogue with partnering organizations.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Briar Andresen, Nithya Balakrishnan, Theresa Carter, Carolyn Chalmers, Sara Daggett, Pratap Naidu, Aparna Ramaswamy, Dheenu Sivalinga, Sunitha Varadhan, James Wilkinson
Project Manager
First Name
Tamara
Last Name
Nadel
Organization Name
Ragamala Dance
Street Address
711 Lake St W Ste 309
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408-2975
Phone
(612) 964-9213
Email
tamara@ragamaladance.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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