Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Project GEM
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2012
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Brown
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Brown
Nicollet
Project Overview
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Project Details
The Growth, Experience and Motivation Project will provide arts education program activities to special needs youth, ages 5-18, within a three county area in 2012-13.
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
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$27,500
Direct expenses
$34,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access are identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization are built. The number of Minnesotans that are engaged in arts education and learning opportunities increases. Real or perceived barriers to arts learning are identified and addressed.Several types of evaluation questionnaires will be used for the site staff, youth, college students, speakers and team leaders that participate in the programs. There is also a required Story of Success paper that all team leaders complete, which is an observed narrative evaluation of a student who may have struggled and how they have changed and grown through the classes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access were identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization were built. The number of Minnesotans who are engaged in arts education and learning opportunities 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
Jason Oren, Melissa Overman, Jeanne Zwart, Jed Hayum, Jessica Ortis, Jamie Dalby, Leann Hoppe, Anna Reichel, Kaitlynn Shultz
Project Manager
First Name
Alice
Last Name
De Yonge
Organization Name
Project GEM
Street Address
523 2nd St S
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56001
Phone
(507) 726-6047
Email
gem7773@mchsi.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

105 22nd Avenue NE, Suite A
Waseca, MN 56093

Phone
Project Manager: Anna Pollock
507-833-8721
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