Arts and Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Rochester Art Center

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Olmsted

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

Adolescence Through the Lens

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Kjellgren Alkire: art faculty Winona State University; Daved Driscoll: Artistic Director Words Players Theatre; Julie Fakler: Edication Coordinator Paradise Center for the Arts; Larry Gorrell: former dean Saint Mary's University; Connie Nelson: retired music educator; Jane Olive: Mantorville Theatre Company; Judy Saye-Willis: fiber artist; Steve Schmidt: General Manager City of Rochester Music Department.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Scott Anderson: musician; Liz Bucheit: owner/artist Crown Trout Jewelers; Andrea Gaffke: arts administrator; Judy Hickey: Board Children's Dance Theatre; Bill Hoy: playwright, songwriter; David Kassler: musician; Kathy Rush: Lockwood Theatre Company; Jon Swanson: curator Minnesota Marine Art Museum; Joan Sween: novelist, columnist, playwright; Gary Tollers: musician.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$5,040

Direct expenses

$15,040

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

25 students; 3 artists; 2,500-3,000 in community audience. Arts access serves as vital component to academic achievement and an effective education. Engages at-risk students exhibiting behavior or having living circumstances not best supported in traditional learning settings.Stories: Image narratives. Behavior: Consistent attendance; competition of assignment. Surveys: By students, pre-and post-project. Video/audio interview: Of students in the project setting. Data: 40-50 framed photographs; exhibition installation: catalog publication.

Measurable Outcome(s)

This project represents the Alternative Learning Center's first-ever arts program. Teen students in Rochester who are experiencing difficulties in attending and progressing through the academic and social requirements of a public school education are rarely afforded the opportunity to participate in structured, systematic, and intentional art education activities.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Christine Armstrong, Tracy Austin, Sheila Broughton, Ann Chafoulias, Manuel DeAngel, Betty Devine, Mary Dunlap, Anastasia Hopkins Folpe, Larry Guse, Cheryl Hadaway, David P. Herbert, Stephen Lehmkuhl, D.C. Mangum, Jr., Timothy Monaghan, Kim Norton, Bradle

Project Manager

Jason

Pearson

Rochester Art Center

40 Civic Center Dr SE

Rochester

55904

(507) 282-8629

jperson@rochesterartcenter.org

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