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2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$44,413
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Saint Paul Conservatory of Music
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
December 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Saint Paul Conservatory of Music will deliver weekly, after-school music enrichment in violin, cello, guitar, and rock ensemble to underserved youth attending Saint Paul schools, to stimulate them to become engaged in art and life.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Yvonne Cory: Storyteller and textile artist, marketing representative, Faribault County Fair, career and technical instructor, Blue Earth high school; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Venessa Fuentes: Philanthropy writer at Project for Pride in Living, poet; Sandra Gillespie: Visual artist, online writing instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage, former program director, Alaska State Arts Council; Gabriel Green: Founder and executive director, Wolffe Cultural Center, Duluth, founder and senior pastor, Church of Restoration Twin Ports; Paul Robinson: Senior community leadership consultant for the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$44,413
Other Funds Leveraged
$18,425
Direct expenses
$62,838
Administration costs
$4,602
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.15
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

More underserved youth will develop their creativity and potential through regular, stimulating music enrichment with accomplished artists. We will track number of youth served, contact hours between artists and youth, performance opportunities, and audience attending concerts. Outreach liaison will work with artists and schools to track the number of people served. 2: Build relationships with youth serving organizations. We will measure the quantity and quality of partnerships, including: number of schools, number of nonprofit, surveys and focus groups of teachers, surveys and focus group of administrators, surveys and focus groups of nonprofit managers.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Underserved youth developed their creativity and potential through regular, stimulating music enrichment with accomplished artists. We were able to track the number of youth served, contact hours between artists and youth, performance opportunities, and audiences attending concerts. Outreach liaison will work with artists and schools to track the number of people served. 2: Relationships with youth serving organizations were developed. We were able to measure the quantity and quality of partnerships, including number of schools, number of nonprofit, surveys and focus groups of teachers, surveys and focus group of administrators, surveys and focus groups of nonprofit managers.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Melissa Pelland, Charlene McEvoy, Shane Raymond, Susan Bullard, Sue Freeman Dopp, Todd Readinger, Kelly Schwenn, Sylvia Oxenham, Chris Temperante, Craig Nickels, Patrick Yee
Project Manager
First Name
Clea
Last Name
Galhano
Organization Name
The Saint Paul Conservatory of Music
Street Address
26 E Exchange St Ste 500
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101
Phone
(651) 224-2205x 12
Email
clea@thespcm.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

Location

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

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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