Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Hopewell Music Cooperative North
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Hopewell Music will collaborate with North Minneapolis Nellie Stone Johnson elementary school in a yearlong instrumental experience, entitled Proud to be a Northsider, that culminates in a public performance.

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
No
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
$25,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,817
Direct expenses
$19,175
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students improve skills and ability for positive self-expression in the arts. The teaching artist will track outputs of the project (student contact hours, songs learned, skill evaluation) and individual expression exhibited within the course of the arts learning experience. 2: Students and/or Nellie Stone Elementary improve connections to student community as a result of arts learning The teaching artist will track project effectiveness at impacting community, inclusion, and respect for the unique identities of others as measured by student, teacher and parent survey tools and parent attendance at the showcase.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students improved skills and ability for positive self-expression through music. Qualitative evaluation conducted during student contact hours, the list of songs learned, skill evaluation by teaching artists. 2: Students of Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary improved connections in their student community as a result of music programming. Anecdotal evaluation was provided by the teaching artists.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Colin Rouser, Lisa Keske, Vanessa DeLaire Peterson
Project Manager
First Name
Brianna
Last Name
Farah
Organization Name
Hopewell Music Cooperative North
Street Address
4350 Fremont Ave N
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55412
Phone
(612) 466-0696
Email
brianna@hopewellmusic.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
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