Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Upstream Arts, Inc. AKA Upstream Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
July 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts residencies in Minneapolis Public Schools Special Education programs
Project Details
Funding for arts residencies in 20 Minneapolis Public Schools Special Education classrooms serving students with cognitive, developmental, emotional, behavioral and physical disabilities during the 2012-2013 school year.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Joe Sullivan: Development Officer, University of Minnesota; Gary Kelsey: Program Director, Saint Marys' University; Michelle Woster: Managing Director, Ten Thousand Things Theater; Claire Avitabile: Artistic Director, 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities; Alberto Justiniano: Artistic Director, Teatro del Pueblo; Marlina Gonzalez: Director, Maynila Management; Stacey Dahlstrom: Community Education, Roseville Area Schools; Leah Ritz: Tronics Team Coordinator, Park Avenue Youth and Family Services; Heather Doyle: Artistic Director, Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center; Christian Novak: Information and Development Coordinator, Northern Clay Center.
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
$133,000
Direct expenses
$143,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To provide multidisciplinary art activities for students with cognitive, developmental, emotional, and behavioral disabilities.Pre and post program evaluation developed with the guidance of the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration.
Measurable Outcome(s)
97% of 185 participating teachers said that the program meaningfully addressed academic goals of their students. 93% of teachers said that the program had a positive impact on their teaching of students with cognitive, developmental, emotional, behavioral
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Adrian Freeman, Amy Scheller, Peter Vitale, Patrick Burns, Margaret Quinlan, Mary McEatheron, Maren Lindner, Kim Adams, Marsha Bear, Joe Cavanaugh, Kim Keprios, Sarah Milligan-Toffler, Chris Reano, Norah Shapiro, Joanne Toft, Katie Taylor
Project Manager
First Name
Bree
Last Name
Sieplinga
Organization Name
Upstream Arts, Inc. AKA Upstream Arts
Street Address
3501 Chicago Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 331-4584
Email
bree@upstreamarts.org
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