Project Grant Round 1

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Saint Cloud Arts Commission
Recipient Type
Local/Regional Government
Status
In Progress
Start Date
February 2024
End Date
August 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Stearns
Project Overview

Project Grant Round 1

Project Details

Enemy of the People on the Banks of the Mississippi: The St. Cloud Arts Commission will collaborate with Sod House Theater to produce an immersive, site-specific musical adaptation of Ibsen's Enemy of the People with local actors and musicians.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Buddy King: CMAB Board Chair, St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, community youth arts initiatives; Joyce Lyons: CMAB Board Secretary, CMA actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Comm Orchestra Advisory Board; Gretchen Boulka: CMAB Vice Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Sean Donahue: CMAB Board Treasurer, Performing arts technician; Professional light and sound designer, Musician, equipment retail experience, event and project manager; Spencer Madsen: CMAB Board Member, Writer; educator; theatrical performer; aspiring filmmaker and visual artist, B.A. in English Education, M.A. in American Literature, orchardist at Clear Lake Cider; Bopha Thomas, Princeton Area of Commerce Board Member; Associate of the Arts in Fashion Design, Theatre performance; Sandi Kroll, Owner-Refreshing Perspectives Therapy, MSW Boise State University, MFA in Theatre, University of California, San Diego, life-long consumer of performing arts, previous regional stage and event manger, former member of Actors Equity Association; Louis Witt: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Darla Hueske: MA Media Arts, Digital Video and Audio Production, New Mexico Highlands University, BS Communications, Minnesota State University, Fine Arts Instructor, Photography, Design at Dickinson State University, North Dakota: Developed and taught curriculum for Graphic Design and Photography courses, previous Public Information Officer, Arts Grant Manager, North Dakota Council on the Arts; Volunteer webmaster and publicity coordinator for Badlands Arts Association, ND, Photomidwest member; Tyler Bevier: St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce; Director of Downtown Planning and Development, St. Cloud Area Farmers Market Board Member, Heijue Arts Co-Chair, Launched public art murals downtown through the chamber of commerce; Lou Witt:, BA and Master in Music Education; Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children, past CMAB panelist; member CMAB directors, Shaelynn Waseka: BFA in 3D Animation from Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Owner of Shae's Art Shack, Boys and Girls Club of Central Minnesota, Best Buy Teen Technology Center Manager, Big Brother Big Sister Volunteer; Thomas Berger: Owner of AAA Courier Express, Belville Productions - Producer, Production Management, Designer, Bons Tempos Theatre - Producer, Production Management, Designer, Masterpiece Media ? Producer; previous History Theatre - Managing Director, General Manager, Tour Director, Education Director, Production Management, Stage Manager, Designer

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,000
Direct expenses
$11,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Arts Commission and Sod House Theater will gather the number of collaborators/community partners; audience size; outreach attendance; discussions held; artists involved, volunteer hours, and increases in Adopt-a-Drain program participation. Arts Commission and Sod House Theater staff will collect all numbers of audiences, artists, collaborators, in-kind donations and partner activities throughout the entire process beginning in January 2024.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Jennifer
Last Name
Penzkover
Organization Name
Saint Cloud Arts Commission
Street Address
1101 7th St S
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Zip Code
56301
Phone
(320) 650-3052
Email
jennifer.penzkover@ci.stcloud.mn.us
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 or Toll Free: 866-825-1471