Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2013
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for the Family Albums Project, a two-week residency with fourth and fifth grade students at Garden City Elementary School in Brooklyn Center that will culminate in a public performance in May 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
No
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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,000
Direct expenses
$17,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Project is designed to supplement school curriculum as it addresses issues of identity, history, culture, integrating the core curricular subjects of autobiography, history, geography, and language arts. Students are encouraged to explore these concepts through the creative process and group interaction. Further, the project provides techniques for the expression of students’ personal family stories while building common understanding about one another.Artists and Teachers conduct daily and weekly assessment meetings. Students conduct daily journal reflections. Teachers and staff evaluate the workshops. Community participants will have the opportunity to complete written evaluations. Wrap up verbal sessions and written evaluation will be offered to the project’s core students. Wrap up verbal sessions and written evaluation will be offered to the project’s core teachers and administrators. Families of the core students will have the opportunity to submit written evaluations.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The project reached 685 school students and families, 135 more than originally projected. Students and school teachers reported feeling more confident about themselves and their relations with other students, and the opportunities to express themselves creatively that dance afforded them.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Ruth Balbach, Suzanne Costello, Joey Kantor, Paul Neary, Stuart Pimsler, Andrew Voegtline, Roxi Wen
Project Manager
First Name
Suzanne
Last Name
Costello
Organization Name
Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater
Street Address
528 Hennepin Ave S Ste 707
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55403
Phone
(763) 521-7738
Email
spdanth@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency