Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
EDIT
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
PhotoVoice
Project Details
Funding for the PhotoVoice project engaging previously homeless youth in the design and implementation of a photography project to raise awareness for people experiencing homelessness. The project will run for six weeks beginning in June 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Beverly Cottman: Dance Instructor, African American Academy for Accelerated Learning; Barry Kleider: Photographer; Clea Galhano: Executive Director, Saint Paul Conservatory of Music; Tricia Khutoretsky: Curator, Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project; Joanna Cortright: Consultant; George Sand: Managing Director, El Colegio Charter Arts High School; Rolf Erdahl: Chamber Music Lakeville; Scott Winters: Executive Director, River Ridge Arts; Danette Olsen: Board Member, ArtReach Saint Croix.
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
$3,303
Direct expenses
$13,303
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To educate about the causes and community implications of poverty and homelessness through photography.Pre and post survey and exit interviews conducted by project facilitators.
Measurable Outcome(s)
100% of youth considered themselves artists at the end of the project; 100% said they learned something new about homelessness, hunger and poverty; 81% said they wanted to teach someone else about these issues; and 91% want to continue helping their commu
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Molly Seaver, Todd Raymond, Brian Long, Ambreasha Frazier, Henry Hendricks, Michael Bradley, Amariah Houseknecht Lowman, Jonathan McCune
Project Manager
First Name
Jill
Last Name
Hayes
Organization Name
EDIT
Street Address
2608 Blaisdell Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(952) 200-7483
Email
jill@edittheworld.org
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