Community Arts Access Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,980
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Verndale Community Education
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
July 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Wadena
Wadena
Project Overview
Verndal Community Summer Theatre Project
Project Details
Support the Verndale Summer Theatre Project, in which Prairie Fire Children's Theatre will conduct a one week residency, working with area students to produce two performances at the end of the session.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Bill Hansen: arts advocate, college campus arts committee organizer; Kathryn Lohr: art historian, retired librarian; Laura Busch: community theatre activist; Pat Dullum: retired music teacher and community theatre activist; Lynn Houle-Bushinger: Initiative Foundation financial executive and arts advocate; Peg Churchwell: graphic designer and artist, community leader; Ann Finch: community theatre producer, community leader; Bernie Nelsen: retired High School Counselor, active men's chorus member; Jamie Robertson: Arts Administrator, arts advocate, community leader; Mary Scmidt: professional storyteller, college faculty and creative arts club advisor; Mark Turner: Five Wings Arts Council Staff, arts administrator.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Bill Hansen: arts advocate, college campus arts committee organizer; Kathryn Lohr: art historian, retired librarian; Laura Busch: community theatre activist; Pat Dullum: retired music teacher and community theatre activist; Lynn Houle-Bushinger: Initiative Foundation financial executive and arts advocate; Peg Churchwell: graphic designer and artist, community leader; Ann Finch: community theatre producer, community leader; Bernie Nelsen: retired High School Counselor, active men's chorus member; Jamie Robertson: Arts Administrator, arts advocate, community leader; Mary Scmidt: professional storyteller, college faculty and creative arts club advisor; Mark Turner: Five Wings Arts Council Staff, arts administrator.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,980
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,400
Direct expenses
$4,380
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To enhance the lives of students and adults in Verndale through a theatrical experience.Participation records, audience records, feedback from participant and audience surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Successfully provided access for students to participate in a theatre expereince. Increased student participation over previous year. All participants indicated a positive artistic experience.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Vicki Thompson, Tina Moenkedick, Sue Anderson, Ardith Carr, Benise Bramer, Dick Johnson, Debbie Kern, Naomi Moyer, Sandi Cottrell, Shari Mattson
Project Manager
First Name
Sandie
Last Name
Cottrell
Organization Name
Verndale Community Education
Street Address
411 SW Brown St
City
Verndale
State
MN
Zip Code
56481-3000
Phone
(218) 445-5184
Email
scottrell@verndale.k12.mn.us
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: Miranda Lape
Phone: 218-895-5660
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