Arts Learning

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$77,600

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

March 2012

End Date

February 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Olmsted

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Family Albums / North and South is an expansion of Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater's successful arts and education program of intensive two-week residencies for 4th-6th grade students, in the communities of Duluth and Rochester.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., Ardell Brede, Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002., 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., Michael Charron, Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Benjamin Klipfel, Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.,Ellen McInnis, Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Shari Aronson: Co-founder, Z Puppets Rosenschnoz.; Alison Good: Former commercial artist, educator and administrator; active community volunteer; Zhimin Guan: Professor of art, Minnesota State University Moorhead.; Karla Nweje: Dancer, choreographer, writer, and educator.; Gretchen Pick: Artistic director, Young Dance. Adjunct faculty, University of Minnesota Department of Dance.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$77,600

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,520

Direct expenses

$80,120

Administration costs

$9,310

Number of full time equivalents funded

1.37

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

More Minnesotans are engaged in arts learning opportunities.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater presented two two-week Family Albums/ North and South residencies at schools in two distinct Minnesota cities--Duluth and Rochester. Both residencies included a company performance for the entire school, daily classes for 5th or 6th grade core students, an evening workshop open to all school and community families, creation and performance of an original stage work featuring all core learners, and video of the final performances. Additionally, the company presented four workshops for at-risk teens at Golden Hills Alternative School during the Rochester residency. 2. Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater’s project was evaluated using the following tools: Teaching Artists/daily and weekly assessment meetings; core students/daily journal reflections, last day wrap-up, evaluation forms; community/responses; teachers/evaluations and closing meetings; families/response forms; principals and staff/follow-up assessment meetings.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Ruth Balbach, Joey Kantor, Andrew Voegtline, Paul Neary, Heidi Lee, Roxy Wen

Project Manager

Suzanne

Costello

Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater

528 Hennepin Ave S Ste 707

Minneapolis

55403