Arts Learning

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,618

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Community Celebration of Place

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

March 2013

End Date

June 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Funding for an Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song residency with seventh grade students at Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis from March to June 2013.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Loren Niemi: administration, artistic, organizational development; Carol Sirrine: artist, education, youth programming; Carla Steen: artist, audience development; Regina Lickteig Neville: administration, organizational development, education; Carol Veldman Rudie: volunteerism, education, organizational development; Dayna Martinez: artist, youth programming, finance; Marisa Martinez: artist, education, community education; Kelly Carter: artist, administration, youth programming; Jodi Eiesland: Education.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,618

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,502

Direct expenses

$11,120

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants understand and experience their physical impulses as an accessible tool in the creation of a character. Participants fully comprehend that physical choice is the basic element of specificity in creating a character. Participants understand how to integrate physical choices into a work of art and understand these choices in relation to the interpretation of a dramatic role.Instructor observation and feedback, including videotaping workshops sessions. Upon completion, all participants will provide written reflection/evaluation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Teachers responded that this was a tangible part of how to teach multiple perspectives of history. Students reported that they saw people newly arrived from other parts of the world in a new light.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Robert Rosen, Shawn McConneloug, George Ingebrand, Sarah Duniway, Kathy Culley

Project Manager

Larry

Long

Community Celebration of Place

3357 36th Ave S

Minneapolis

55406