Arts Learning

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$37,550

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Frank Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2014

End Date

December 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Frank Theatre will conduct a three-part residency at MERC Alternative High School that will employ storytelling, theater games and writing games, and culminate in a public performance created by the students.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies; Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

David Beard: Associate professor of rhetoric, writing studies department, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Camilla Berry: Practicing artist with nursing and education credentials; Amy Giddings: Music specialist, North Shore Community School, Duluth; Jennifer Penzkover: Coordinator, Saint Cloud Arts Commission.; Daniel Stark: Associate Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Joanne Toft: Private educational arts consultant

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$37,550

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,200

Direct expenses

$41,750

Administration costs

$4,000

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Frank Theatre will provide an arts learning opportunity to an underserved demographic. Frank will document the number of students served by the project as well as survey them about their current participation in arts activities.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students were provided an arts activity that they would not have had access to without this project. MERC offers no theatre arts training at all. Students were surveyed as to their experience with and comfort in attending live theatre, in speaking in front of a group, and asked to respond to a play through a survey for both Frank Theatre and the MERC performances. Teachers evaluated activities of the residency and its impact. Teaching artists evaluated activities regularly during the year, with teachers, students and each other and used a rubric to measure students’ response to both performances.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Spencer Putney, Paul Markwardt, Suzanne O'Brien, Linnea Asp, Tessa Flynn, Joe Holan, Wendy Knox, Leif Jurgensen, Kelly Prosen

Project Manager

Wendy

Knox

Frank Theatre

3156 23rd Ave S

Minneapolis

55407-1907

(612) 724-3760