Community Arts Access Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pequot Lakes Community Education AKA Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
In Progress
Start Date
September 2016
End Date
November 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Crow Wing
Crow Wing
Project Overview
Community Arts Access Project
Project Details
The musical “She Loves Me”
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Michael Sander: community theater activist, retired educator; Millie Engisch: visual artist, graphic designer, arts administrator; Sue Johnson: retired music educator, vocalist, community leader; Cathy Hartle: retired nonprofit professional, community development specialist; Dawn Espe: Community development professional, arts consumer and advocate; Allan Lynk: community theater enthusiast, arts consumer and advocate; Fred Rogers: community theatre activist; Lauren Nickisch: retired music teacher, community arts leader; Mark Turner: Five Wings Arts Council Staff with over 25 years’ experience in arts administration.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Michael Sander: community theater activist, retired educator; Millie Engisch: visual artist, graphic designer, arts administrator; Sue Johnson: retired music educator, vocalist, community leader; Cathy Hartle: retired nonprofit professional, community development specialist; Dawn Espe: Community development professional, arts consumer and advocate; Allan Lynk: community theater enthusiast, arts consumer and advocate; Fred Rogers: community theatre activist; Lauren Nickisch: retired music teacher, community arts leader; Mark Turner: Five Wings Arts Council Staff with over 25 years’ experience in arts administration.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$13,500
Direct expenses
$17,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Involve at least 40 community members directly with the production as actors, and production personnel and develop their performance/theatrical skills to a higher level. Pre-production and post-production forms self-evaluating the development of participant theatrical skill level will be completed by November 30, 2016. Provide a high quality artistic and cultural experience for at least 1000 audience members in outstate Minnesota in the course of six performances ending by November 22, 2016. Evaluation of this Pequot Lakes Community Theater/Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts production by the Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts board to help determine future planning and growth directions of the organization. Production Team personnel and actors will complete pre-production and post-production forms self-evaluating the development of their theatrical skill level. Number of audience members and audience verbal or written responses on the quality of the production will be reported by project administrators and Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts board members to the board as a whole at the next scheduled board meeting following the production. At the next scheduled board meeting following the production, Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts board members will evaluate the quality of the production and determine the impact on future plans of the board. This evaluation will be published in the minutes of the meeting.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Rich
Last Name
Spiczka
Organization Name
Pequot Lakes Community Theatre
Street Address
30805 Olson St
City
Pequot Lakes
State
MN
Zip Code
56472-3094
Phone
(218) 568-9200
Email
jdespot@isd186.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 118 - 121 4th St. NE
Staples, MN 56479

Phone
Project Manager: Mark Turner
Phone: 218-895-5660
Toll-free: 877-654-2166
Email the Agency