Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,750
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Shakespearean Youth Theater Company AKA Shakespearean Youth Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2019
End Date
August 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Shakespearean Youth Theater Company offers a Tech Theatre program for lighting, costume, scenic and sound design that includes a ten-week class and an eight-week mentorship, culminating in a full production of Pericles, incorporating students' unique design concepts.

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

Nolita Christensen: Community and nonprofit management consultant; woodworker; Christina Frederickson: Educator, gardener, and actor; Molly Gamble: Artist; former arts event planner at Maryland Institute College of Art; Heather Haynes: ; Sara Raappana: Published poet; editor of Cellpoems, a poetry journal; Norah Rendell: Executive director, Center for Irish Music; musician

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
$11,750
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,133
Direct expenses
$14,883
Administration costs
$150
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Alternatively schooled youth develop new skills that enable them to express themselves through technical theatre and design. Students link their interpretations of Cymbeline to concrete and achievable design concepts, expressing a unique and complex message to the audience. Audience survey and artist­ developed rubrics will evaluate results. 2: Alternatively schooled youth strengthen their creative voices and artistic identity through collaboration with local theatre artists. SYT empowers students to effectively communicate their artistic vision, with success defined by students engaging with artists to make bold discoveries about themselves and the world. A feedback session and survey will yield critical qualitative data.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Alternatively schooled youth developed new skills that enabled them to express themselves through technical theatre and design. Students linked their interpretations of Hamlet to concrete and achievable design concepts, expressing a unique and complex message through design. 2: Alternatively schooled youth strengthened their creative voices and artistic identity through collaboration with local theatre artists. Students collaborated with local theatre artists to make bold discoveries about themselves and the world. Their designs were original, well-crafted, and artistically compelling.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Robyn Cook, Robert Ragoonanan, Vee Signorelli, Todd Verdoorn
Project Manager
First Name
Logan
Last Name
Verdoorn
Organization Name
Shakespearean Youth Theater Company AKA Shakespearean Youth Theatre
Street Address
550 Vandalia St Ste 306
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55114
Phone
(651) 330-5037
Email
logan@sytmn.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
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