Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minnesota New Country School

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2012

End Date

June 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Sibley

Le Sueur

Nicollet

Brown

Blue Earth

Waseca

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

They will provide 8-10 arts and cultural field trips for students during the 2012-13 school year.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Nancy Goettl: adjunct faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sara Krassin: arts administration for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St James City Manager, volunteer with the Saint James Community Theater; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with Interlaken Heritage Days Festival in Fairmont; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, director and playwright; Gina Wenger: professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Denice Evers: retired teacher, volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Nancy Goettl: adjunct faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sara Krassin: arts administration for the ChildrenÆs Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St James City Manager, volunteer with the Saint James Community Theater; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with Interlaken Heritage Days Festival in Fairmont; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, director and playwright; Gina Wenger: professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,500

Other Funds Leveraged

$350

Direct expenses

$3,850

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans that are engaged in arts education and learning opportunities increases. The quality and types of arts education and learning opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offer them increases. Real or perceived barriers to arts learning are identified and addressed.A short online survey will be developed for students to measure satisfaction about each art and cultural field trip they attend. Staff will use the information gathered from these surveys to evaluate the success of the grant and to see if goals were met. Each student will be required to write a one page lifelong learning experience summary for each trip they attend and data will also be obtained from these summaries.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who were engaged in arts education and learning opportunities increased. The quality and types of arts education and learning opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offer them increased. Real or perceived barriers to arts learning were identified and addressed.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Cindy Sparrow, Kim Bovee, Bob Alander, Jill Hahn, Nichole Kotasek, Jim Wartman, Diann Wiederich

Project Manager

Jake

Zeiher

Minnesota New Country School

210 Main St

Henderson

56044-0488