Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Great Northern Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
May 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Benton
Benton
Stearns
Benton
Benton
Project Overview

Project Grant

Project Details

Great Northern Theatre Company will present a serious musical as a dinner theater with post-play discussions and educational displays.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Linda Brobeck: vice chair Wright County, visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC.; served on a number of non-profit boards; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher; choral director; community theatre director; voice lessons instructor; American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota board member; Leslie Hanlon: secretary Stearns County, director of fundraising and marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Ken Barry: Blues musician; Victorian photographer proficient in Digital imaging and, Platinum/Palladium printing and Wet Plate Collodion process and Bromoil printing and Cyanotype printing; University of Wisconsin; certified nuclear engineer; Buddy King: Saint Cloud playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, unit director for the Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in Saint Cloud, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community; Jo McMullen-Boyer: Central Minnesota Arts Board board member, station manager of KVSC Radio, music concert producer, community events organizer; Roger Reinardy: Central Minnesota Arts Board board member, fine and commercial artist, board member for Sauk Center Area Community Foundation.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Buddy King: Saint Cloud playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, unit director for the Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in Saint Cloud Minnesota, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community; Kristina Hess: District Auditorium Theater manager, leadership and coordination to 4 district theaters, involvement in newly develop theater programs; Scott L. Miller: composer of interactive electroacoustic chamber music and eco-systemic performance pieces, recent work experiments with virtual reality applications in live concert settings, Raba album, Professor of Music at Saint Cloud State University, director of SEAMUS Records; Lyssa Lovejoy: involved in Art communities with my father Jimmy’s Lovejoy sculptor and oils, artist, teaching art, art fairs/shows, acrylic artist, pen & ink artist, pencil artist, watercolor artist, working towards an art therapy life coach certification; Joan Eisenriech: Major in Studio Art from University of Minnesota Morris. art educator in Heron Lake, Minnesota, community education and recreation director for Mankato Public Schools, served on review panels for the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board; Linda Pacel: community artist, Community Education educator, currently assisting with a new arts program called CAP for retirees, Buffalo Art Guild Group (501C3) board member previously held the President's position 2015-2017 and a member since 2008; Steve Zapf: artist who works with wood mainly creating display canoes, Emerging Artist Award grantee from CMAB, Artist Career Development grantee to learn the art of paddle board building in 2017.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,496
Direct expenses
$17,496
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Great Northern Theatre Company will produce a serious musical theater experience that highlights issues faced by veterans, harassment/abuse survivors, loss of a child, rehabilitation after incarceration, and rural economic vitality concerns. Both audience members and cast/crew members will be asked to fill out an evaluation on line.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Exceeded the anticipated number of people who attended the show.Conducted post-play discussion sessions-people attended two of them.Community resources available through the displays that people looked at and took.Audience members, cast and crew were surveyed electronically with positive feedback.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jennifer Dean Dwyer: President; Vicki Meyer: Vice President; Sara Patton: Secretary; Eric Stewart: Treasurer; Cory Quinn: Board Member; Amy Hunter: Board Member; Brenda Jacobson: Board Member; Gayle Kinzer: Board Member; Mike Lamb: Board Member; Jennifer Wirz: Board Member
Project Manager
First Name
Amy
Last Name
Hunter
Organization Name
Great Northern Theatre Company
Street Address
12383 234th St PO Box 504
City
Cold Spring
State
MN
Zip Code
56320
Phone
(320) 241-4682
Email
gntc9@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

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3