Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,640
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Photography at the Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2013
End Date
October 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for a nine-week photojournalism project led by former Star Tribune photojournalist Judy Griesedieck, for 4th grade students at Moreland Arts and Health Sciences Magnet School in St Paul.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Beverly Cottman: education, artistic, volunteerism; Jo Ann Hendricks: administration, education, finance; Mike Newman: education, organizational planning; Stacey Dahlstrom: community education, youth programming, administration; Andrea Tonsfeldt: artistic, audience development; Courtney Kupsch: fundraising, administration; Anne Jin Soo Preston: organizational planning, fundraising, artistic; Paul Coate: artistic, education, youth programming.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$6,640
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,000
Direct expenses
$16,640
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Students will be introduced to the medium of photography as a tool for creative development, self-expression, visual communication, and storytelling. Additionally, Arts and Literacy teachers will gain the understanding of how to develop their own newsroom and school publication program.Staff from the arts organization and the school will meet collaboratively to evaluate sessions on a monthly basis.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Eighty three 4th grade students learned that a journalist tells stories, a photographer takes pictures of nouns, and a photojournalist shoots action verbs. The project helped address seven Minnesota State Literacy Standards for students.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Tom Reiter, Hal Tearse, Richard Vogel, Christina Chang.
Project Manager
First Name
Orin
Last Name
Rutchick
Organization Name
Photography at the Center
Street Address
2400 2nd St N
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55411
Phone
(612) 643-3511
Email
orin@PATCKids.org
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