Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$41,187
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Epic Enterprise Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2019
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Rice
Rice
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

In partnership with a musician from Toneworks Music Therapy Services, visual artist Sandy Spieler, and fabric artist Chiaki O'Brien, Epic Enterprise will provide in-depth arts learning opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities as well as three public exhibitions.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Michael Carlson: Art teacher, art club advisor, and track and field coach at Foley High School; Amy Giddings: Music specialist, North Shore Community School, Duluth; Gail Johnson: Musician and teacher; Krystal Kohler: Development officer, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation; Danette McCarthy: Self-employed strategy consultant and teaching artist; Cynthia Orwig: Retired elementary school teacher; Erica Rasmussen: Artist; professor at Metro State

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$41,187
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,924
Direct expenses
$48,111
Administration costs
$752
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Barriers will be identified and adaptations made to support arts learners to develop and expand artistic skills and self-expression. Individual barriers will be identified and adaptations suggested by artists and Epic staff. Adaptations which prove to be successful will be integrated into future lessons and will be documented. 2: Learners will develop holistically, as art becomes a vehicle for expanded emotional/social wellbeing, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Evaluation is through observations by artists and staff identifying emotional/social, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Regular meetings will review individual mastery and participation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Barriers were identified and adaptations were made to support Epic's arts learners in developing and expanding artistic skills and self-expression. Through observation and weekly reflections at the end of each residency day, artists and Epic staff identified barriers and made adaptations to support every arts learner in developing and expanding artistic skills and self-expression. 2: Learners will develop holistically, as art becomes a vehicle for expanded emotional/social wellbeing, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Evaluation was through observations by artists and staff identifying emotional/social, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. At regular meetings, staff and artists reviewed and documented individual participation and mastery.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Kirsten Budin, Kathleen Doran-Norton, Andrew Janis, Kathy LaRoche, Linda Olson, Janet Petri, Stephanie Snodgrass
Project Manager
First Name
Linda
Last Name
Hibbard
Organization Name
Epic Enterprise Inc.
Street Address
PO Box 186
City
Dundas
State
MN
Zip Code
55019
Phone
(507) 645-6800
Email
lhibbard@epicenterpriseinc.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