Arts Learning

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$51,560

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Austin Area Commission for the Arts AKA Historic Paramount Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

End Date

August 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Mower

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Austin Area Commission for the Arts (AACA) will present Z Puppets’ STEAM of Puppetry workshops and performances at 3 community sites to increase access to arts programming for Mower County youth.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Maya Beecham: Strategy and learning coordinator, Bush Foundation; visual and spoken word artist; freelance writer; Kristina Bigalk: Poet; director of creative writing, Normandale Community College; Sam Hoolihan: Visual artist and teacher; Nancy Miller: Sculptor, teacher, curator; Gregory Neidhart: Director of Winona State University arts administration program, chair of art and design department, music faculty; Peter Spooner: Former curator, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth; William Wiktor: Retired engineer and software developer; Rochester community arts and non-profit volunteer

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Yes

Conflict of Interest Contact

Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$51,560

Other Funds Leveraged

$5,443

Direct expenses

$54,431

Administration costs

$6,622

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Youth ages 7-11 in STEAM of Puppetry labs will expand their knowledge and skills of how to design, engineer and make puppets. All participants will report observations and discoveries from their puppet-making on lab worksheets. A sample of participants will also respond to the creative process in photo interviews. 2: Youth and adults at Z Puppets performances will gain insight into how puppetry can powerfully explore and express multiple layers of STEAM. Youth and adults will respond to the public and school matinee performances, post-show Q and A and STEAM of Puppetry lobby exhibit via written surveys about the interconnections between art and science.

Measurable Outcome(s)

390 youth ages 10-11 in STEAM of Puppetry labs expanded their knowledge and skills of how to design, engineer and make puppets. Puppetry lab artists report 100% of youth created a puppet. In addition, 51 youth completed project notebooks which document expanded knowledge and skills. 2: Approximately 60 youth and adults at Z Puppets performances gained insight into how puppetry can explore and express STEAM. Written surveys were collected at performances and indicate that about half the youth and adult attendees reported gaining insights.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Mary Anne Wolesky, Randy Kramer, Belita Schindler, Marlene Schlichter, Greg Davis, Chad Sayles, Gretchen Ramlo, Ward Robinson, Celeste Ruble

Project Manager

Marlene

Schlichter

Austin Area Commission for the Arts AKA Historic Paramount Theatre

300 Main St N

Austin

55912