Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,100
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Denfeld High School
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

The Acting Out Loud Project at Denfeld High School will bring together students who feel they do not have a voice and teaching artists in a service learning class to listen, learn, understand, and create a performance to tell their stories.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Bradley Althoff: Managing producer and senior project manager, Classical MPR; Roberta Gray: Director of Saint Francis Music Center, Little Falls; Jane Gudmundson: Former education director, Plains Art Museum in Fargo; Kao Ly Ilean Her: Chief executive officer, Hmong Elders Center; former executive director, State of Minnesota Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans; Paul LaJeunesse: Assistant professor of art, College of St Scholastica; Andrew Nordin: Painter; Arts Board grantee; Molly Sheeley Melton: Educator, school for Environmenta Studies in Apple Valley

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,100
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,130
Direct expenses
$67,230
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Arts learners will identify if the theatre process gave them a voice and will explain how engaged they felt in the school and broader community. This outcome will be evaluated through pre- and post- surveys, weekly reflective journals, and a final evaluation. 2: Arts learners will demonstrate using performance as a tool to engage audiences and impact issues critical to the arts learners. This outcome will be evaluated through written artist statements, audience feedback, discussion, and final evaluation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Arts learners will identify if the theatre process gave them a voice and will explain how engaged they felt in the school and broader community. This outcome was evaluated through pre- and post- surveys, weekly reflective journals, and a final evaluation. 2: Arts learners will demonstrate using performance as a tool to engage audiences and impact issues critical to the arts learners. This outcome was evaluated by completion of the performance, written artist statements, audience feedback, discussion, and final evaluation.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Angie Frank, Marcia Nelson, Tonya Sconiers
Project Manager
First Name
Marcia
Last Name
Nelson
Organization Name
Denfeld High School
Street Address
401 N 44th Ave W
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55807
Phone
(218) 336-8830x 1966
Email
Marcia.Nelson@isd709.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
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