Arts Learning

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

West Bank School of Music

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Funding for a series of after school music classes for elementary school students at Seward Montessori and Dowling Urban Environmental schools in Minneapolis during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years. Students will learn and write songs, build instruments, rehearse as a group, and perform concerts for classmates, families, and friends.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peter Rachleff: Administration, Community Service; Sarah Borger: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Development; LaDonna Morrison: Finance, Administration, Organizational Planning; Stacy Stanley: Artistic; Delta Giordano: Artistic, Volunteerism, Education; Jessica Huang: Artistic, Fundraising, Community Education; Julia Barlow: Fundraising, Administration, Artistic; Judy Garza: Fundraising.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,020

Direct expenses

$14,020

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

6 after-school jug band music classes (2 each semester for next 3 semesters at Dowling Urban Environmental School and Seward Montessori), and each class will contain 10+ students who will learn how to play various musical instruments, write a song, craft instruments from household items, and perform for family, friends, and peers, enabling these students to become aware of their creative musical ability as well as the history and possibility of American roots music.We will evaluate the artistic and learning success of this project by administering surveys to students and their families after the final concerts. These surveys will be drafted from program evaluation questionnaires West Bank School of Music has developed, and incorporate input from the Community Education coordinators.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Charles Watson, Tom Stuck, Jenna Mueller, Susan Tegt, Bill Sweatt, Mark Richardson, Michael Krizic, Katy Yeske Schmidt, Morgan Wallace, Danielle Hegseth, Russel Fischer, Lauren Husting, Paul Coate

Project Manager

Paul

Coate

West Bank School of Music

1813 S 6th St á

Minneapolis

55454

(612) 333-6651

david@wbsm.org

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