Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Sounds of Hope, Ltd.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Partnership Resources theater project
Project Details
Funding for a project with Partnership Resources, an agency serving adults with developmental disabilities, to prepare, rehearse and perform a play in the winter and spring 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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,000
Direct expenses
$14,000
Administration costs
$1,415
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To increase confidence, build social skills, and foster a sense of accomplishment in persons with developmental disabilities (Partnership Resources clients) through arts (theatre) learning.Before and after evaluations of clients by Partnership Resources staff; verbal feedback from cast members, artists, and Partnership Resources staff; end-of-project discussions with workshop leaders and artists.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Increased sense of accomplishment, pride and confidence in risk-taking among Partnership Resources clients.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Audrene Lojovich, Virginia Kone, John Choi, Randall Ross, Fred Perez, Jim Keane, Nicholas Perez, David Pizzuto, Heidi Buss
Project Manager
First Name
Thomas
Last Name
Surprenant
Organization Name
Sounds of Hope, Ltd.
Street Address
253 4th St E Ste 205
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101-1643
Phone
(651) 225-4179
Email
tsurprenant@soundsofhope.org
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