Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,690
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Brown
Nicollet
Waseca
Blue Earth
Brown
Nicollet
Waseca
Project Overview
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Project Details
They will continue youth arts programming and travel to other communities with their "Awesome Arts! Program."
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
Yes
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
$3,690
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,690
Direct expenses
$7,380
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The ChildrenÆs Museum will improve community outreach to underserved groups (by 5 groups), increase audience numbers (by 10%), increase repeat visitors (by 100 participants), and increase its geographical service area and partner organizations (by 5 organizations).The ChildrenÆs Museum will measure the goals and outcomes of this project through the collection of attendance/audience data, participant surveys, and records of community partnership development.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The Children’s Museum improved community outreach to underserved groups by 5 groups, increased audience numbers by 10%, increased repeat visitors by 100 participants, and increased its geographical service area and partner organizations by 5 organizations

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Linda Frost, Laura Bowman, Brenda Flannery, Kaaren Grabianowski, Mary Jo Hensel, Nick Hinz, Kristee Richards, Tom Riley, Beth Serrill, Katie Smentek, Laura Stevens, Pam Willard, Karen Wahlstrom
Project Manager
First Name
Deb
Last Name
Johnson
Organization Name
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
Street Address
121 E Cherry St PO Box 3103
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56001
Phone
(507) 386-0279
Email
info@cmsouthernmn.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