Small Towns/Rural Areas

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association AKA SEMBA
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2018
End Date
June 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Dakota
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Blue Earth
Dakota
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Project Overview

Small Towns/Rural Areas

Project Details

May 2018 Bluegrass Music Festival.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Kjel Alkire: art faculty at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; John Becker: art business owner; Diane Crane: Houston Arts Resource Council; Hal Cropp: Executive Director of Commonweal Theatre; Daved Driscoll: Executive Director of Northland Words; Julie Fakler: Education Coordinator at Paradise Center for the Arts; Lee Gundersheimer: theatre artist, director; Anissa Nelson: visual arts student; Connie Nelson: Music Educator; Jane Olive: Costumer; Steve Schmidt: Musician, arts administrator.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Hollybeth Anderson: choreographer; Scott Anderson: musician; Andrea Gaffke: artist; Judy Hickey: arts administrator; Susan Joyce: author; David Kassler: composer; Marie Maher: arts administrator; Beth Nienow: musician, literary artist; Kathy Peterson: playwright; Mary Ruth: artist; Jon Swanson: arts administrator; Pam Whitfield: poet, actor.

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 Cultural Heritage

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$12,419
Direct expenses
$14,419
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesotans participate in the arts because arts expeiences are relevant and accessible to them. Minnesotans learn, grow, or change because they participate in quality arts experiences. Grantee organizations change, expand, or enrich the ways they connect to their communities. Minnesotans from groups traditionally underserved by the arts or the grantee organization feel they have an authentic relationship to the grantee. Stories, Interviews, Observed Behavior Change, Data Collection.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Increased attendance, comments documented high quality program, no noted difficulties re: accessibility, new attendees are returning, & provided exposure & education re: a music an art form.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved the proposed outcomes.
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Roberta Anderson, Terry Barta, Robert Brommerich, John Campbell, Kristy Good,Rebecca Gors, John Magnuson, Barbara Ottman, Darrell Ottman
Project Manager
First Name
Darrell
Last Name
Ottman
Organization Name
Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association AKA SEMBA
Street Address
PO Box 93
City
Rushford
State
MN
Zip Code
55971
Phone
(507) 864-8109
Email
darrbarr1962@gmail.com
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

2778 D Commerce Drive NW
Rochester, MN 55901-2262 

Phone
Project Manager: Anastasia Shartin
(507) 281-4848
Email the Agency