Arts Learning

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$21,280

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Rochester STEM Academy

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

End Date

August 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Olmsted

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Rochester STEM Academy will collaborate with spoken word poet Frank Sentwali and videographer Mike Hazard to produce stories and poems that explore the immigrant experience.

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

Ellen Copperud: Community volunteer and arts advocate; former board member, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Ann DuHamel: Assistant professor of music and head of keyboard studies, University of Minnesota Morris; Kathleen Dupre: Artist and illustrator; art and writing teacher; Katie Marshall: Executive director, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids; Theresa Remick: Managing director, performance center at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Christi Schmitt: Program coordinator, Saint Paul Public Schools office of multilingual learning

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

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

$21,280

Other Funds Leveraged

$9,529

Direct expenses

$30,809

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will demonstrate increased ability and confidence in the English language arts, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students will be evaluated by the artist with rubrics aligned to state language arts standards. Student portfolios will be evaluated by the teacher. Results of student surveys will also be compiled. 2: Students will learn the media arts skills involved in producing video stories. Students will be evaluated by the artist with rubrics aligned to state standards for media arts. Results of student surveys will also be compiled.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will demonstrated increased ability and confidence in the English language arts, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students were evaluated by the artist with rubrics aligned to state language arts standards. Student portfolios were evaluated by the teacher. Results of student surveys were also compiled. 2: Students learned the media arts skills involved in producing video stories. Students were evaluated by the artist with rubrics aligned to state standards for media arts. Results of student surveys were also be compiled.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Mohamoud Hamud, Zachary Jones, Abdulkadir Abdalla, Mohamed Abdalla, Ayan Mumin

Project Manager

Jill

Leet-Otley

Rochester STEM Academy

415 16th St SW

Rochester

55902