Arts and Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Rochester Community and Technical College AKA RCTC Life Program

Recipient Type

State Government

Status

Completed

Start Date

December 2013

End Date

November 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Dodge

Fillmore

Goodhue

Mower

Olmsted

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

The LIFE Writing Project

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Hal Cropp: Executive Director Commonweal Theatre Company; Daved Driscoll: Artistic Director Northland Words-Words Players Theatre; Drue Fergison: musicologist with dance and literary expertise; Teresa Kauffmann: photographer and public information officer City of Albert Lea; Paula Michel: Secretary Harmony Arts Board; Judy Saye-Willis: visual artist and former director Faribault Art Center; Steven Schmidt: musician and General Manager City of Rochester Music Department.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Scott Anderson: musician; Liz Bucheit: owner/artist Crown Trout Jewelers; Alan Calavano: president Rochester Male Chorus; Judy Hickey: board Children's Dance Theatre; William Hoy: playwright and songwriter; Katie Hae Leo: Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Community Liaison; Kathy Rush: Lockwood Theatre Company; Jon Swanson; curator Minnesota Marine Art Museum; Phil Taylor: visual artist; Loretta Verbout; board secretary Mantorville Art Guild.

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 ACHF Arts Education

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,600

Direct expenses

$11,600

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

At least 90% of program participants will state that the workshops helped them to improve their creative writing skills. This project will be an affordable option for community members. At least 90% of program participants will rate workshops as having high or very high quality.A video record of the Capstone Writer's Read event will be done as a way of showing the impact of these workshops on participants and their writing ability. We will use onsite surveys to determine participant responses to workshops. Each workshop will include a class evaluation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

In participant surveys, 97 percent of workshop participants said that the workshops helped them improve their creative writing skills. Also, 97 percent rated the workshops as being of "high" or "very high" quality.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Bill Bakken, Don Borcherding, Tom Brinkman, Carolyn Chaapel, Jon Closson, Kay Cooper, Ramona Digre, Pat Farrell, Kay Fockler, Steve Frytak, Tom Gaffey, Marita Heller, Rick Musser, Judy Pease, Pixy Russell, Ione Schloegel, Judith Taylor, Steve Troutman, Pa

Project Manager

Michelle

Pyfferoen

Rochester Community and Technical College AKA RCTC LIFE Program

851 30th Ave SE Box 50

Rochester

55904

(507) 280-3157

chrisanne.pieper@rctc.edu

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