Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,624
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Itasca Community Television, Inc./Two Rivers Video
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
May 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Itasca
Cass
St. Louis
Itasca
Cass
St. Louis
Project Overview

Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Project Details

47 North, a video series of original songwriters and performers for local public access television, on YouTube and as a video resumes for performers.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate; Johnnie Hyde: choreographer and dance teacher, publisher; Rena Hartman: executive director, Mesabi Community Orchestra.

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
$3,624
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,819
Direct expenses
$5,443
Administration costs
$415
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Goal of this project is to provide a full season of the program "47 North" to the Greater Itasca Area and the general public. The program began a pilot season in Fall 2018. ICTV funded the production in its entirety during the premier season and is looking for support for another 10-episode season. Through ten additional episodes of 47 North, Itasca Community Television will provide a venue for performance of original songs both vocal and instrumental. The programs will be aired without cost throughout the cable television network of Paul Bunyan Communications and Mediacom within the Greater Itasca Area. In addition, they will be premiered and available to the public on YouTube. This secondary viewing space will allow these original artists to have a professionally recorded video available as an online resume' of their talents. The host of the program and the artists have all donated their time. The premier season is available at https://www.youtube.com/user/watchictv. The measured outcomes would include: The Completion of 10, in-studio recordings of 47 North with the host and one-to-three musicians per episode. The Uploading of the edited performance to YouTube Growth in YouTube viewership per episode. Survey data from the artists that demonstrates the show had a positive impact on their performance schedule.

Measurable Outcome(s)

10 Episodes twelve Artists Featured ten Online shows available for artists to use as online resumes ten Shows Featured on Paul Bunyan Communications and Mediacom total airing 500 times (excluding the last program which just started running). nine Show Premiered and replayed on Facebook for a total number of views of 4,836 (excluding the last program which just started running). ten Shows Premiered and replayed on YouTube for a total number of views of 1,780 (excluding the last program which just started running).

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Myrna Peterson, Mark Zimmerman, Eileen Grosland, Lisa Walsh, Lyle Eidelbes, Michele Smith, Allison Lagergren, Rachel Shiller-Hartwell, Ara Anderson
Project Manager
First Name
Beth
Last Name
George
Organization Name
Itasca Community Television, Inc./ Two Rivers Video
Street Address
819 NE 4th St
City
Grand Rapids
State
MN
Zip Code
55744
Phone
(218) 999-0088
Email
bgeorge@watchictv.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

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