Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,550
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Waseca Arts Council, Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Rice
Steele
Waseca
Blue Earth
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Rice
Steele
Waseca
Project Overview
Waseca Arts Council
Project Details
They will continue their monthly art exhibitions, sponsor the High School Art Exhibition and Workshop Day, and "Illustrating Poetry" exhibit.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens' Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$4,550
Other Funds Leveraged
$12,025
Direct expenses
$16,575
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To target high school students, especially seniors for the High School Art Exhibit. To have students gain a greater understanding of what other students their age are doing in other high schools and possible opportunities for their future in the Arts. The goal of the poetry and art exhibit and events are to have the audience gain a greater understanding of the wonderful range of poetry from area poets and how illustration is a great vehicle for spurring creative work in visual art areas.Student questionnaires will be distributed and audience surveys will be conducted at the poetry and art exhibition events.

Measurable Outcome(s)

They targeted high school students, especially seniors for the High School Art Exhibit. They had students gain a greater understanding of what other students their age were doing in other high schools and possible opportunities for their future in the Art

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Deanna Bendix, Carroll Galvin, Karen Krause, Rick Morris, Kent Schultz, Mark Christiansen, Blair Nelson, Rachel Knutson, Andrew Breck, Monica Priebe, Bob Mickelson
Project Manager
First Name
Patricia
Last Name
Beckmann
Organization Name
Waseca Arts Council, Inc.
Street Address
200 N State St
City
Waseca
State
MN
Zip Code
56093-2810
Phone
(507) 835-1701
Email
patbeckmann@wasecaartscouncil.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

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

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

105 22nd Avenue NE, Suite A
Waseca, MN 56093

Phone
Project Manager: Anna Pollock
507-833-8721
Email the Agency