Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Eclectic Edge Ensemble
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2012
End Date
November 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for an outreach program at East Side Neighborhood Services, Main Street School of Performing Arts, four local dance studios, and a Jazz Week Intensive at Zenon Dance. The program will occur between February and October of 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Thomas Suprenant: Program Director, Sounds of Hope; Patty Richardson: Development Associate, Partnership Resources; Victoria Lauing: Managing Director, Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center; Sheila Terryll: Principal, Strategic Development for Nonprofits; Kathleen Spehar: Managing Director, History Theatre at Os'haughnessy Auditorium; Catherine Callahan; Dudley Voigt: Coordinator, Minneapolis FLOW Festival; Merilee Klemp: Augsburg Quintet; Jodi Eisland: Public Health Consultant.
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
$9,000
Direct expenses
$19,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Introduce K-5th grade students to jazz dance and provide an encouraging environment for students to express their ideas and become more comfortable in their own body.Student journaling, a survey of teaching artists and program directors, and site visit observations.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Student learned how to manipulate the 7 basic forms of movement, worked collaboratively, learned new creative concentration skills.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Karis Sloss, Rebecca Olson, Allison Doughty Marquesen, Katrina Scheisman, Desiree Dantona, Heather Annis, Mallory Dykema, Erinn Liebhard, Megan Mohr, Emilie Moravec, Zoe Sealy, Hannah Haugberg, Amanda Hankerson
Project Manager
First Name
Karis
Last Name
Sloss
Organization Name
Eclectic Edge Ensemble
Street Address
2035 Florida Ave S
City
St Louis Park
State
MN
Zip Code
55435
Phone
(612) 910-2920
Email
eeedance@gmail.com
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