Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
In Progress
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2012
End Date
April 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Digital Me
Project Details
Funding for Digital Me, a comprehensive after-school digital arts learning program during the 2012-2013 school year for 5th to 8th grade students at Farnsworth Aerospace School and The Community School of Excellence who have fallen behind in core academic areas.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Elizabeth Flinsch-Garrison: Education Director, Northern Clay Center; Tom Yuska: Family Means; Naomi Cohn: Independent Consultant; Bill Venne: Development Consultant; Sandy Moore: Managing Director, Interact Center; Shelley Quiala: Director of Arts Education, Ordway Center; Andrea Tonsfeldt: Marketing and Communication, The Cowles Center; Eliza Severson: Fund Development Manager, Hope Community; David Evan Thomas: Composer.
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
$14,800
Direct expenses
$24,800
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To introduce 60 youth to the fundamental artistic principles of creative storytelling in the art forms of photography, video, and electronic music.Observation by program staff, interviews and debriefing sessions, pre and post writing samples, and the analysis of statistical information.
Measurable Outcome(s)
78 youth grades 5-8 participated in after-school photography and video storytelling. Only 10 had indicated previous experience producing digital media. Approximately 1,200 parents and community audiences viewed students' work. 96% of students indicated th
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Marty Case, Deanna Drift, Juanita Espinosa, Bienvenida Matias, Denise Mayotte, Victoria Ramirez, Anna Sherwood, Bee Vue, Phillip Winden
Project Manager
First Name
Kristine
Last Name
Sorensen
Organization Name
In Progress
Street Address
213 Front Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55117
Phone
(612) 805-0514
Email
ythmedia@aol.com
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