Organizational Stability Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
County Seat Theater Company AKA County Seat Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2020
End Date
August 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Carlton
St. Louis
Carlton
St. Louis
Project Overview

Organizational Stability Grant

Project Details

COVID-19 Relief. This grant would help offset some of the revenue already lost and projected to be lost by County Seat Theater due to COVID-19.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Roxann Berglund: musician; Leah Yellowbird: multi-medium visual artist; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Classie Dudley: ARAC Arts Leadership Fellow; Joan Farnam: ceramicist, founder of North Shore Arts Scene.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$2,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Funding is necessary for us to remain in business. We operate on thin bottom lines, producing excellent live theater at affordable prices. Our children's theater program costs less than half of the expense of other similar programs in the region, and yet gives the kids an experience for which they return year after year. The Encore! Performing Arts Center has become a regular performance venue for many local, regional, and national artists. County Seat Theater is important to the region. It provides an important outlet to perform and view a variety of live theater, music, and dance. Our simply goal is to stay in business. Beyond that, we have progressive plans for growing County Seat, both physically and in the offerings for our patrons. Those plans are now obviously on hold. If we are able to keep our doors open and pick up our strategic plans where we left off by the end of 2021, we would consider that to be a tremendous recovery and success. Realistically, it may take two full years for us to recover financially from the losses we expect to sustain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We have achieved even more goals than we set for ourselves. We continue to learn and adapt each day, with each hand that we are dealt. We will make this work and the extra funding allows us to worry less about the income and focus more of our energy to creating and exposing Carlton County to the arts. Which plays a huge role in the mental health of the community.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved Proposed Outcomes
Recipient Board Members
Greg Anderson, Ruthie Breuer, Karen Murphy, Deb Bahen, Terry Anderson, Michael Rosen, Catherine Loeb, Larry Anderson, John Justad, Julianne Emerson, Kelly Johnson, Paula Olsen, Addison Loeb
Project Manager
First Name
Joel
Last Name
Soukkala
Organization Name
County Seat Theater of Carlton AKA County Seat Theater
Street Address
2035 Hwy 33 S
City
Cloquet
State
MN
Zip Code
55720
Phone
(218) 878-0071
Email
countyseatgm@aol.com
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
Email the Agency
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency