Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,760
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Marcy Puppet Dragons Residency
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
March 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Puppetry residency
Project Details
Funding for a puppetry residency for third and fourth grade students at Marcy Open School in Minneapolis for four weeks beginning immediately after the Chinese New Year in late January, 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Thomas Suprenant: Program Director, Sounds of Hope; Patty Richardson: Development Associate, Partnership Resources; Victoria Lauing: Managing Director, Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center; Sheila Terryll: Principal, Strategic Development for Nonprofits; Kathleen Spehar: Managing Director, History Theatre at Os'haughnessy Auditorium; Catherine Callahan; Dudley Voigt: Coordinator, Minneapolis FLOW Festival; Merilee Klemp: Augsburg Quintet; Jodi Eisland: Public Health Consultant.
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
$7,760
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,940
Direct expenses
$9,700
Administration costs
$962
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To stimulate the imaginations of elementary school children and help them learn about other cultures through play.Student and teacher questionnaires.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Students were excited and engaged; increased experience and teaching ability of Marcy Puppet Dragon Residency; advanced students' understanding of art and other cultures.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Melissa Bean, Scott Bean, Josh Blanc, Laura CayereKing, Jency Collopy, Lisa Elias, Ben Heywood, Amy Johnson, Dan Marshall, Tamara Schierkolk, Margie Siegel
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Safford
Organization Name
Marcy Puppet Dragons Residency
Street Address
2223 5th St NE
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55418
Phone
(612) 483-0197
Email
sleepofreason@comcast.net
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