Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 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
January 2019
End Date
January 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Douglas
Pope
Morrison
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Isanti
Benton
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Douglas
Pope
Morrison
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Isanti
Project Overview

Project Grant

Project Details

The Giver is a compelling drama for teen audiences based on the beloved novel by Lois Lowry. Youth and adults alike will be challenged to reflect on the human condition and weigh the cost of sacrificing joy to eliminate pain.

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

Roger Reinardy: board member for Central Minnesota Arts Board, fine and commercial artist, board member for Sauk Center Area Community Foundation; Jeff Burns: cellist, treasurer for Buffalo Community Orchestra, grant writer for BCO, board members for Wright County Extension, Wright County Soil and Water, Monticello Community Education; Barb Kellogg: photographic artist specializing in nature creating elegant and timeless images, awarded the Artist Career Development Grant for “What Mental Illness Feels Like—Images & Stories”, photographer with increasing her knowledge of photographing with film, continuing the exploration of mental illness through photography and interviews to create a book; William Tregaskis, Ph.D: coordinator for the Buffalo office of Central Minnesota Mental Health Center, Chair of the Minnetonka Unitarian Universalist performing arts series,. president of the Buffalo Community Orchestra, Stephanie Peterson: Fine Arts/ Social Studies curriculum coordinator for Saint Cloud Area School District 742, involved with music with a touch of drama through high school and college and has remained interested and supportive of both fine arts education and community art programs ever since; Mike Brubaker: executive director of the Sherburne History Center, worked as an Executive Director, a curator, archivist, customer service manager, contract work in Historic Preservation with CLG programs, variety of public programs on family history and local history.

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
$26,525
Direct expenses
$33,525
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To produce a high quality live performing arts experience for teens and adults; to create a riveting and provocative theatrical event that will be accessible for all in our community. The proposed outcomes will be measured by audience and teacher surveys, ticket sales, artistic staff and volunteer feedback, and executive director evaluation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The outcome of this project was that we produced a high quality live performing arts experience for teens and adults. It was a riveting and provocative theatrical event that was accessible for all in our community, including performances for schools.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Barbara Carlson: board member; Joanne Dorsher: board member; Kimberly Foster: secretary; Lori Glanz: board member; Chris Kudrna: treasurer; Cassie Miles: president; Chad O'Brien: vice president; Steve Palmer: board member; Monica Segura-Schwartz: board member; Emily Swanson: board member; Pat Thompson: board member.
Project Manager
First Name
Dennis
Last Name
Whipple
Organization Name
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
Street Address
710 Sundial Dr
City
Waite Park
State
MN
Zip Code
56387
Phone
(320) 258-2787
Email
Dennis@GreatTheatre.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
Email the Agency
Location

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

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