Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Caponi Art Park AKA Caponi Art Park and Learning Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Project Overview
Family Fun Tuesdays
Project Details
Funding for Family Fun Tuesdays, a 12-week performance and education series for preschool and school age children, their parents, grandparents and caregivers. The series will be held June through August of 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Joe Sullivan: Development Officer, University of Minnesota; Gary Kelsey: Program Director, Saint Marys' University; Michelle Woster: Managing Director, Ten Thousand Things Theater; Claire Avitabile: Artistic Director, 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities; Alberto Justiniano: Artistic Director, Teatro del Pueblo; Marlina Gonzalez: Director, Maynila Management; Stacey Dahlstrom: Community Education, Roseville Area Schools; Leah Ritz: Tronics Team Coordinator, Park Avenue Youth and Family Services; Heather Doyle: Artistic Director, Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center; Christian Novak: Information and Development Coordinator, Northern Clay Center.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,900
Direct expenses
$16,900
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To provide a 12 week long performance and education series that engages children and further builds audience.Attendance figures, audience surveys, artist evaluations, and observations.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences had access to high quality arts performances free of charge for people who would have had to travel to Minneapolis or St. Paul for similar experiences. The number of people attending and free will donations increased from previous year.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Craig Harris, Merri Schreiber, Wendy Raway, Anthony Caponi, Cheryl Caponi, Tom Egan, Sue Hegarty, Juli Seydell Johnson, Dr. Robert Gavin, Jr.
Project Manager
First Name
Elspeth
Last Name
Carlstrom
Organization Name
Caponi Art Park AKA Caponi Art Park and Learning Center
Street Address
1205 Diffley Rd
City
Eagan
State
MN
Zip Code
55123-1415
Phone
(651) 454-9412
Email
elspeth@caponiartpark.org
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