Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
TU Dance
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
School collaborations, beginning level dance education
Project Details
Funding for beginning level dance education for diverse local middle and high school students through collaborations with four metro area schools, and classes at the new TU Dance Center in St Paul. Activities will occur in the spring and summer 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
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
$3,774
Direct expenses
$13,774
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To bring diverse youth into dance and provide a path toward continual improvement and enrichment under the auspices of skilled professional artists.Pre and post evaluations completed by participating students, teachers will submit individualized progress reports, and focused discussion sessions between school contacts and dance teachers.
Measurable Outcome(s)
High quality dance education in various traditions including West African extended to diverse youth. Teachers and other school personnel are true collaborators in connecting with youth. Students felt they were part of something significant.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Toni Pierce-Sands, Uri Sands, Leif Anderson, Roderick Ferguson, Priscilla Pierce Goldstein, Marcia Murray, Zoe Sealy, Kelly Greene Vagts
Project Manager
First Name
Abdo
Last Name
Sayegh
Organization Name
TU Dance
Street Address
PO Box 40405
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
(651) 699-6055
Email
Abdo.sayegh@tudance.org
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