Arts Learning

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Phyllis Wheatley Community Center

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2015

End Date

August 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Funding for “World Explorers,” an eight-week summer program where youth ages 5 through 13 will learn about world cultures through indigenous visual and performing arts. The project will be held at Heritage Park in Minneapolis during the summer of 2015.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Minnesota Public Radio Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Carla Steen: Artistic, marketing; Stanley Rothrock II: Artistic, education, volunteerism; Sheila Terryll: Fundraising, organizational development, administration; Joe Jones: Artistic, education; Pete Driessen: Artistic, education; Sara Marsh: Artistic, marketing, administration, education; Angela Dimler: Artistic, education, administration.

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

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$4,050

Direct expenses

$14,050

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

75 youth will participate in a high quality youth enrichment summer program that provides a venue for fostering creativity and exploring a variety of art forms including dance, painting, beading, spoken word, and costume making. 75 youth will create art by using low cost materials, natural and recycled materials and dyes created from the youth gardening efforts. Youth will learn basic performance or presentation techniques for each art form. Participants and their parents will complete written evaluation surveys at the end of the program and the participants will have an opportunity to provide ongoing feedback verbally through daily reflection exercises. The teaching artists will also complete a written evaluation of their experience teaching within the program. Select middle school youth will present their summer projects at the Minnesota State Fair with the opportunity to win ribbons and be judged by Urban 4-H staff.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Patricia Crumley, Lori-Ann Jones, Rosilyn Carroll, Byron Jackson, Fred Easter, Eric Clark

Project Manager

Barbara

Milon

Phyllis Wheatley Community Center

1301 10th Ave N

Minneapolis

(612) 374-4342