Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Keane Sense of Rhythm, Inc
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for tap dance training for students at five inner city schools between February and June of 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Carol Sirrine: Executive Director, ArtStart; Peg Wetli: CLIMB Theatre; David Bach: Development Director, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota; Sally Sand: Assistant Regional Development Manager, Trust for Public Land; Dan Thomas: Executive Director, Free Arts Minnesota; Linda Hansen: Education Director, Weavers Guild of Minnesota; Mary Cummings: Executive Director, Tapestry Folkdance Center; Dixie Rairamo: Youth Dance Ensemble.
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
$3,719
Direct expenses
$13,719
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To provide tap dance education to student populations who do not have regular access to this kind of learning from trained experts in the field.Participants will be given time and space to develop individualized, exciting, appropriate and respectful self expression through dance.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The project reached 172 students in 5 schools who gained verbal, physical and creative confidence by learning and performing simple and complex dances and rhythms.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Ellen Keane, Cathy Keane Wind, Robert Piersa, Shari Steffen, Beth Novak, Laurie Novak, Ann Williams, Wendy Wade
Project Manager
First Name
Ellen
Last Name
Keane
Organization Name
Keane Sense of Rhythm, Inc
Street Address
102 Rose Ave W
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55117
Phone
(651) 263-7226
Email
ellen@tapcompany.org
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