Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
ArtReach Saint Croix
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2012
End Date
January 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Project Overview
Saint Croix Valley literary arts program
Project Details
Funding for a literary arts program consisting of classes, workshops, author events and other elements to support St Croix Valley writers of all experiences and skill levels during 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Sarah Lovan: Program Administrator, McKnight Foundation; Elizabeth Tanner: Theater Artist; Levi Weinhagen: Comedy Suitcase; Suzi Hudson: Executive Director, White Bear Center for the Arts; Margaret Houlton: Board Member, Mississippi Valley Orchestra; Paul Herwig: Artistic Director, Off-Leash Area; Byron Richard: Education Research Coordinator, Perpich Center for Arts Education; Diana Johnson: Education Programs Consultant, Minnesota Museum of American Art.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Education
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,825
Direct expenses
$12,825
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To support and promote Saint Croix Valley area writers, allowing emerging and established writers to network and cross-pollinate.The group will use the "Intrinsic Impact Post-Program Evaluation" program created by WolfBrown, a local program evaluation consultant group.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Nine professional authors and poets provided Literary Arts workshops, allowing other participating poets to benefit from the camaraderie and feedback of sharing their writing with others and from the structure that a peer group provides in an otherwise so
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Spike Carlsen, Kathleen Eddy, Marty Gerkey, Colleen Baldrica, Bill McCarthy
Project Manager
First Name
Heather
Last Name
Rutledge
Organization Name
ArtReach Saint Croix
Street Address
224 N 4th St
City
Stillwater
State
MN
Zip Code
55082
Phone
(651) 439-1465
Email
heather@artreachstcroix.org
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