Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

New Ulm Suzuki School of Music

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2012

End Date

May 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Brown

Nicollet

Sibley

Watonwan

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

They will hire an Orchestra Clinician for the semi-annual summer Pops Camp and will pay a portion of the DirectorÆs salary.

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 Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Other Funds Leveraged

$7,500

Direct expenses

$14,000

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Goal 1: Broaden our studentsÆ artistic experiences. Goal 2: Partner with Martin Luther College to offer an overnight component to our summer camp. We want to continue to offer opportunities for our students to participate in performances, attend artistic events, and participate in supplemental educational experiences.We will have an exit evaluation that we will have all students and parents fill out at the end of the week.

Measurable Outcome(s)

They broadened their students’ artistic experiences; partnered with Martin Luther College to offer an overnight component to their summer camp; continued to offer opportunities for students to participate in performances, attend artistic events, and parti

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Vickie Peterson, Ruth Schaeffer, Marka Stocker, Julia Coulson, Kris Kral, Gigi Dobosenski, Paula Anderson, Judy Martens

Project Manager

Paula

Anderson

New Ulm Suzuki School of Music

PO Box 4

New Ulm

56073