Project Grant

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2016

End Date

August 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Stearns

Project Overview

Project Grant

Project Details

Great River Education Arts Theatre Summer Camp Access for ALL. GREAT will provide two week-long summer theatre camps to youth in Bel Clare Estates and La Cruz, two low-income communities in the St Cloud area; thereby eliminating physical and reducing econ

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, Nuclear Engineer; George Minerich: film, digital, and nature photographer, local arts center, photography club volunteer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Linda Brobeck: Central Minnesota Arts Board Director; Paula Benfer: visual artist working in printmaking, batik on paper, collage and assemblage; Ryan Dunlop: musician who plays anything with strings on it from bass to violin, makes music with everything from soft-synths to electronics programmed to make all sorts of noise; Jeff Prauer: Former Executive Director of the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, past president and vice president of the Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota, symphony orchestra management, freelance trombonist; Donna Rice: cast glass sculptor, teaching artist; Carrie Zwack: performing arts and music, St Cloud Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Administrative Assistant, member of the Meire Grove Community Band, works with Pioneer Place Theatre and the Veranda Lounge.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

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

$7,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$3,000

Direct expenses

$10,000

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our two week-long theatre camps would provide up to 40 youth with a summer theater camp that builds life skills through theater skills! Through this project, outcomes include: 1) youth and their families have increased appreciation for the arts, 2) youth and their families have higher likelihood of participating in another arts experience and/or attending a live theatre performance, and 3) an accessible, affordable, and engaging arts event is delivered to their community. The proposed outcomes will be measured by participant, instructor and volunteer surveys. All evaluation is based off our program theory and is designed to measure how we are meeting our mission, vision and values.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The two week-long theatre camps provided 56 youth with a summer theater camp that builds life skills through theater skills! Through this project, outcomes included: 1) youth and their families have increased appreciation for the arts, 2) youth and their families have higher likelihood of participating in another arts experience and/or attending a live theatre performance, and 3) an accessible, affordable, and engaging arts event was delivered to a community with limited access to arts experiences.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Marianne Arnzen, Bonnie Bologna, Chris Kudrna, Lori Glanz, Kimberly Foster, Don Christenson, Patrick LaLonde, Pat Thompson, Joanne Dorsher, Steve Palmer, Monica Segura-Schwartz, Barb Carlson, Cassie Miles

Project Manager

Dennis

Whipple

Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre

710 Sundial Dr

Waite Park

56387

(320) 258-2787

dennis@greattheatre.org

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