Season/Series Arts Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,000
Recipient
Northern Light Opera Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2023
End Date
October 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hubbard
Hubbard
Project Overview

Season/Series Arts Support

Project Details

Funds will assist Northern Light Opera Company to provide arts activities including a large scale summer musical, NLOKids Theater Camp, the Workbench New Play Workshop and the Workbench Filmmakers Intensive to communities surrounding Park Rapids, MN.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Anna Larson, singer-songwriter and visual artist; Nicholas Jackson, visual artist, musician, filmmaker; Nancy Schmidt, arts appreciator; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist; Bonnie Friborg, visual artist; Shawna Wendler, arts reporter for local paper; Georgia Connelly, visual artist; Laurie Turner, art appreciator and arts advocate.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Terry Boal Leinbach, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Georgia Connelly, visual artist and R2AC Board Member; Erin Marsh, poet, arts advocate and past R2AC Artist Fellow; Kay Kallos, arts advocate and retired public art consultant; Tammy Ragan, musician and arts educator; Shannon Lucas Westrum, fiber artist, jewelry artist, and past R2AC Board Member; Elaine Kallos, arts administrator; Natalie Grosfield, theater artist and past R2AC Board Member; Arlene Kandert, arts appreciator;

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$66,800
Direct expenses
$84,800
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this season/series of activities, youth will learn new theater skills, gain confidence in working in an intercultural environment through theater games, writing scripts, creating songs, and performing the creation for family and friends. As a result of this season/series of activities, actors/singers/musicians will be given an opportunity be on stage or in the orchestra, honing their skills as part of a music theater production. Volunteers will be given an opportunity to create sets, props and costumes to be used in a music theater production. Area audiences will have access to the arts by attending the annual summer musical, NLOKids show, the playwriters' showcase, and the filmmakers' showcase. Novice playwrights will be challenged to write a ten-page script using workshop prompts and techniques and view their work read by NLOC actors at a public reading. Area filmmakers will hone their filmaking skills led by LA Filmmaker Audience surveys will be collected at the end of performances and playwriters' showcase that will measure audience satisfaction. Audience comments will be collected. Evaluation of NLOKids Theater Camp will be done by workshop leaders, evaluating the progress made by individuals and the group.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Dove
Organization Name
Northern Light Opera Company
Street Address
PO Box 102
City
Park Rapids
State
MN
Zip Code
56470
Phone
(218) 237-0400
Email
info@northernlightopera.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

PO Box 693
505 Bemidji Ave N
Bemidji, MN 56601

Phone
Project Manager: Patrick Calder Carriere
(218) 751-5447
Email the Agency