Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2020
End Date
June 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Contemporary Puppetry Workshops

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Craig Dunn: Arts Accessibility Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Professional; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Coordinator of Community Programs; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mike Alberti: General Administration, Education, Artistic; Judy Cooper Lyle: Artistic, Fundraising, Education; Frangena Johnson: Artistic, Community Education, Audience Development / Marketing; Halee Kirkwood: Artistic, Volunteerism, Education; Vince Leo: Artistic, Education, General Management / Administration; Bill Venne: Fundraising, General Management/ Administration/ Support; Dah Zar: Artistic, Education, Program Development.

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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,495
Direct expenses
$18,495
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

100% of participants have gained some basic skills in a specific style or technique, long term: 60% take more Monkeybear workshops in the future. Criterion specific to weeklong Intensive: 100% feel they understand the basics of puppet performance, 70% of participants express a desire to create puppet theater after training and/or express desire to be involved in work by other puppeteers/puppet theaters. We will evaluate through particpant survey and interviews as well as teaching artists. We shall also do check-ins while workshops are happening to change things in the moment if something isn't working. We will als do long term tracking to see how many participants continue to do puppetry.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Altogether 20 artists participated and 6 artists provided services. 100% of artists felt that Andrew Kim's online mentoring with the basics of performance added to their

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved some of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Sally Nixon, Pramila Vasudevan, Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra, Magdalena Kaluza
Project Manager
First Name
Chamindika
Last Name
Wanduragala
Organization Name
Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop
Street Address
3836 Pillsbury Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55409
Phone
(651) 489-8393
Email
chamindika@monkeybear.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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency