Arts Activities Support

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Young Dance, Inc. AKA Young Dance

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2012

End Date

June 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Stomping Grounds

Project Details

Funding for Stomping Grounds, a project that engages professional artists, arts organizations serving youth, and the company of young dancers through dialogue, art making, and performing. The project will culminate with a performance in May 2013 at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Elin Anderson: Sound Designer, Park Square Theatre; Scott Pakudaitis: Board President, Bedlam Theatre; Pat Teiken: Executive Director, Twin Cities Womens' Choir; Janna Knittel: Institutional Giving Manager, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Amy Rummenie: Artistic Director, Walking Shadow Theater Company; Joe Hagedorn: artist, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet; Bill Cottman: Artistic Director, Salon 106; Steve Busa: Artistic Director, Red Eye Collaboration; Rebecca Cline: Assistant Director of Development, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Yes

Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$33,386

Direct expenses

$43,386

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To foster a place for youth in the community to build body and spirit through the creative expression of dance; to build community through unique partnerships with community organizations.Staff meet with teachers three times during the year to evaluate students skill development, level of engagement; audience surveys; dancer and family surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Strong connections were made between youth company dancers and community leaders; students gained a greater understanding and appreciation of art that engages community.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Erin Thompson, James Grathwol, Maria Tierney, Catherine Kangas, Dana Kassel, Kathy Mohn, Rene Myers, Sophia Myers-Kelly, Alex Ellison, Mike Cohn

Project Manager

Gretchen

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Young Dance, Inc. AKA Young Dance

3321 15th Ave S

Minneapolis

55407