Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,983
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2014
End Date
October 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Kids Play, offered in collaboration with several public school instrumental music programs, provides students with mentors through sectional coaching and side-by-side performance experiences with Minnesota Pops Orchestra professional musicians.
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
Courtney Gerber: Associate director of education within the learning initiatives division at the Walker Art Center; Danette Olsen: Self-employed strategy consultant and teaching artist; William Wiktor: Retired engineer and software developer; Rochester community arts and non-profit volunteer; Andrew Wykes: Associate professor of painting at Hamline University, St Paul
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$10,983
Other Funds Leveraged
$12,470
Direct expenses
$23,453
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide opportunities for excellent specialized teaching in schools, mitigating transportation, time, scheduling, and economic access barriers. Outcomes evaluated by teachers, coaches and students: 1. Attendance taken at each session, tracking numbers and returning/new students; 2. records of when/where each session occurs during class time and summer. 2: Provide opportunities for students to improve technical and musical skills within their own learning environment. Outcomes evaluated by teachers, coaches, students: 1) Written evaluations by coaches after each session, recording level of improvement on specific skills, compiled by teachers; 2) aural evidence at school and summer concerts (all parties).

Measurable Outcome(s)

Program provided excellent specialized teaching in schools, mitigating transportation, time, scheduling and economic access barriers. Attendance was taken at each coaching session. Teachers tracked new/returning students, coaching locations, dates and times. Coaches provided written comments summarizing the material and concepts covered at each session. 2: Kids Play provided opportunities for students to improve their technical and musical skills within their own learning environment. Written comments by coaches summarized the material and concepts covered at each session, and progress made between sessions. Written comments by teachers summarized progress by students for evaluation purposes. Survey questionnaires were filled out by students following Summer Kids Play.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Cynthia Stokes, Lynn Erickson, William Goldman, Thomas Austin, Mark Bjork, Michael Coddington, Richard Gaynor, John Gray, Shelley Hanson, Mark Kausch, Kathleen Kresge, Jere Lantz, Martha Stutsman, Barbara Thomas, Arnold Walker, Richard Wildberger
Project Manager
First Name
Lucia
Last Name
Magney
Organization Name
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Street Address
2712 41st Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406-1810
Phone
(612) 219-1707
Email
lmagney@bitstream.net
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
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