Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,150
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The History Theatre, Inc. AKA History Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2019
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Participants in the History Theatre's arts residencies will create plays based on lived experiences and then perform them, an expansion of Cabaret for Seniors incorporating music into two residencies for older adults.

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
$45,150
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$45,150
Administration costs
$10,270
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Underserved Minnesotans learn essential theatrical skills of writing and performing by creating scripts, rehearsing and performing onstage. Pre-program survey asks participants to self-identify their comfort with theatrical skills of writing and performing. Participants re-take the survey the final day. On the final day, artists facilitate a response session to collect qualitative data. 2: Participants learn how to collaborate as they add their unique artistic voices into a larger collaborative work. Pre- and post- program surveys and a final facilitated conversation will gauge participants' comfort and experience with collaboration at the culmination of the program.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Seven arts residencies were held: three for youth serving 25 students and four for older adults serving 36 participants. After each content area in a residency, artists lead participants to rate their proficiency with theatrical skills. On the final day, artists facilitate a response session to collect qualitative data. 2: 61 Participants learned how to collaborate as they added their unique artistic voices into a larger collaborative work. Pre and post-program surveys and a final facilitated session gauged participant comfort and experience with collaboration before and at the culmination of the program.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Gene Merriam, John Sebastian, Tyler Zehring, John Apitz, Dave Beehler, Roger Brooks, Candace Campbell, George Dow, Lois Duffy, Willie Johnson, Michele Kelm-Helgen, Susan Kimberly, Gene Link, Jessica Looman, Ixchel Mckinnie, Gene Merriam, Cheryl L. Moore, Melissa Mulloy, Jeffrey Peterson, Ken Peterson, James Rollwagen, Charles Slocum, Pondie Nicholson Taylor, Jon Thomas
Project Manager
First Name
Martha
Last Name
West
Organization Name
The History Theatre, Inc. AKA History Theatre
Street Address
30 10th St E
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101-2205
Phone
(651) 292-4326
Email
mwest@historytheatre.com
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
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