Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rosetown Playhouse
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
July 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for DanceTogether, a four-week project bringing together high school students of Karen, African American, and other ethnicities to build community and leadership by dancing together. The project will occur in July 2015, and will culminate with a free pubic performance.
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
Bree Sieplinga: Administration, artistic, disabilities specialist; Patty Richardson: Fundraising, organizational development, disabilities specialist; Mark Collier: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Keitha Lucas Hamann: Education, artistic; Michael Robins: Artistic, administration, youth programming; Danielle Cezanne: Education, administration; Erica Mauter: Administration, organizational development.
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
$2,500
Direct expenses
$12,500
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Twenty-five teens of diverse ethnicities including KaRen and African American and any other will work together to create, rehearse and present a Dance performance which will include traditional KaRen, modern an hip hop dance styles. They will perform for a community audience of 75 people, and will also share some of their personal and group discoveries about their commonalities and differences as American teenagers. This part of the program may be shared in any number of ways from video, to visual art, to scripted scenes; whatever styles develop from the teen participants. Evaluation will be through verbal interviews with each student participant by community building staff, an audience questionnaire/response, and a written evaluation from the artistic team covering feedback on logistics to the artistic quality of the program.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Teens of Karen, African American, and Caucasian backgrounds learned three contrasting dance styles of hip hop, Karen Traditional, and modern dance.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Mike Cogan, Steven Kleitz, Melissa Lund, Margot Olsen, Shanna Crosson, Heather Lee Anderson, Jac Enge, Kay Hatlestad, Jodie Intihar, Katie Bates, Val Neri, Kaying Thao, Josh Warn, Wachen Anderson
Project Manager
First Name
Christine
Last Name
Karki
Organization Name
Rosetown Playhouse
Street Address
2660 Civic Center Dr
City
Roseville
State
MN
Zip Code
55113
Phone
(651) 792-7414x 2
Email
info@rosetownplayhouse.org
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