Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,760
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Magic Lantern Puppet Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
September 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Color shadow puppet residencies
Project Details
Funding for color shadow puppet residencies at three Ramsey County schools: Harambee Elementary, Oakhill Montessori, and Parkview Center School in the spring and fall of 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
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
$8,760
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,190
Direct expenses
$10,950
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To teach about shadow puppetry traditions, and create a puppetry performance informed by classroom curriculum.Frequent and in depth check-ins between teachers and resident artists to discuss accommodations or adaptations as the residency progresses.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Most students experienced shadow puppetry for the first time and learned that this art form has a history of being used for purposes other than just entertainment. Some students learned and practiced leadership abilities.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Ann Jacobs, Kaori Kenmotsu, Kristin Olson-Smith, Kathy Griebel, Jenny Eckman, Kathy Anderson, Ann Wussler, Julie Ann Cassidy, Al Justiniano, Chrys Laramy, Stacey Poirier, Marcela Sanchez
Project Manager
First Name
Anne
Last Name
Sawyer-Aitch
Organization Name
Magic Lantern Puppet Theater
Street Address
3131 17th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 376-7502
Email
bronte@bitstream.net
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