Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,845
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Inverted Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
March 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Friday Art Exploration Program
Project Details
Funding for a seven-week Friday Art Exploration Program for middle school students at Sojourner Truth Academy charter school in North Minneapolis beginning in late January of 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Carol Sirrine: Executive Director, ArtStart; Peg Wetli: CLIMB Theatre; David Bach: Development Director, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota; Sally Sand: Assistant Regional Development Manager, Trust for Public Land; Dan Thomas: Executive Director, Free Arts Minnesota; Linda Hansen: Education Director, Weavers Guild of Minnesota; Mary Cummings: Executive Director, Tapestry Folkdance Center; Dixie Rairamo: Youth Dance Ensemble.
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
No
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
$4,845
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,000
Direct expenses
$6,845
Administration costs
$1,527
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To empower middle school students through the arts by providing them with basic training in their chosen disciplines, giving them the tools to support the need to create original works of art, and helping them perform or present these creations to the community.Student pre-and post-program evaluations; weekly debriefings among artist mentors, program directors and teaching assistants.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Students achieved learning goals in each artistic area; diversity of North Minneapolis community was reflected in participants; students grew in confidence and artistic expression.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Mark Collier, Jon Halverson, Jeremy Mickelson, Kevin Book
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Collier
Organization Name
Inverted Arts
Street Address
8327 Shadyview Ln N
City
Maple Grove
State
MN
Zip Code
55311
Phone
(763) 567-0780
Email
mark.collier@invertedarts.org
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