Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Wavelets Creative
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2017
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Monarch Magic! Community Art + Nature Workshops and Installation at Lake Nokomis Park.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Pete Tedrow: Education, youth programming, artistic; Shana Crosson: Computer systems, education, fundraising; Ian Vaver: Administration, artistic; Patty Richardson: Fundraising, organizational development, disabilities specialist; Kathryn Rosebear: Fundraising, organizational development; Lauren Ignaut: Education, artistic.

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 Education

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,500
Direct expenses
$12,500
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Wavelets Creative strives for at least 120 community participants from around the metropolitan area attending the series of Monarch Magic! nature + art making workshops led by a Naturalist and at least 6 different teaching artists in a variety of disciplines. Qualitative outcomes for the workshops will include 80% respondents will have learned something new about Monarch Butterfly life cycles and habitat and art-making skills across disciplines, in a site-specific environment. Hard copy paper Participant surveys will be distributed and collected at each workshop, gathering both demographic and qualitative information about each participant and their experience, including what they learned in the workshop. Answers and data will be compiled in spreadsheets included in all program evaluation materials.

Measurable Outcome(s)

187 people participated in 10 workshops and rehearsals, and thousands of people attended the performance installation event on the Festival date. 90% of written surveys reflected that participants learned something new in the workshops, and 95% said they would attend again.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
James Everest, G Jeff Mitchell, Nathan Pederson, Jennifer Downham, Annette Schiebout, Thomas LaBlanc, deVon Russell Gray
Project Manager
First Name
James
Last Name
Everest
Organization Name
Wavelets Creative
Street Address
PO Box 18262
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55418
Phone
(612) 879-8676
Email
info@waveletscreative.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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency