Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Maple River West Elementary School

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2012

End Date

May 2012

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Faribault

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

They will sponsor an Artist Residency, twice a month, in each K-5 classroom and an All School Art Fair to showcase the students work.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens' Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.

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

$3,500

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,780

Direct expenses

$6,280

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who are engaged in arts education and learning opportunities increases. The Maple River community will be invited into our school to show them what students in K-5 will produce through artwork and the use of various mediums with direction by professional artist. Students will lead their family members through the Art Fair and explain the art that is displayed. Each student will be responsible for a least one art project to display in May 2012.An evaluation survey with 5 questions will be given to each household and staff member in May. The principal will create, distribute and tabulate the results. This Art Fair will attract at least 200 parents and community members of all ages and will be judged positively by 84% or more of those who attend, as measured by an exit survey.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who were engaged in arts education and learning opportunities increased. The Maple River community was invited into the school to show them what students in K-5 had produced through artwork and the use of various mediums with dir

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Leah Walters, Sharlie Hansen, Jessica Braaten, Shannon Lachmiller, Wendy Palmer, Raenee Treaetow, Deanne Rengstorf

Project Manager

Deanne

Rengstorf

Maple River West Elementary School

311 Willard St PO Box 306

Good Thunder

56037