Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$193
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
North Shore Music Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2015
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Cook
Project Overview
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Project Details
Guy Davis Children's Program
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair.
Conflict of Interest Contact
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Robert DeArmond (218) 722-0952
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$193
Other Funds Leveraged
$622
Direct expenses
$815
Administration costs
$140
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal of this project is to provide a fun and entertaining interactive program for youth that is not only musically educational, but also teaches racial and cultural tolerance and the importance of diversity. It's part of North Shore Music Association's mission to present this kind of diverse educational arts programming. Measurable outcomes will be event attendance, attendee/participant response and post-event feedback, and post-collaboration discussions with the performing artist, library staff, and North Shore Music Association board. Evaluation methods will include: library surveys given to each program attendee/participant (i.e., children who are able to write, and their parents) to complete immediately following the event; tallying the number and approximate ages of attendee/participants; verbal feedback from attendee/participants; and post-event discussions with the artist, library staff and North Shore Music Association board.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Measurable outcomes for this project were: event attendance, audience/participant response both during and after the event, and post-event discussion with the artist, the library staff, and the North Shore Music Association board.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Chel Anderson, Wayne Russ, Susan Lappi, Myron Bursheim, Greg Tofte, Cheryl Larsen, Kris Garey, Philis Anderson, Carl Solander, Roger Linehan
Project Manager
First Name
Kate
Last Name
Fitzgerald
Organization Name
North Shore Music Association
Street Address
PO Box 1376
City
Grand Marais
State
MN
Phone
(218) 387-1272
Email
music@boreal.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

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
Email the Agency