Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$78,750
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2015
End Date
August 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Houston
Marshall
Ramsey
Stearns
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Houston
Marshall
Ramsey
Stearns
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
COMPAS artists will engage 1,400 students as they partner with classroom teachers in eight schools across Minnesota to integrate arts learning and creating into STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) topics.
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.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Alyssa Baguss: Arts programming coordinator, Three Rivers Park District/Silverwood Park; visual artist; Scott Bean: Retired elementary art teacher; practicing artist; David Beard: Associate professor of rhetoric, writing studies department, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Jeffrey Bleam: Chair, department of theatre and film studies, Saint Cloud State University; Joan Eisenreich: Retired director, Mankato Public Schools Community Education and Recreation program; Robert Ouren, Dr.: Retired music educator
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$78,750
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,796
Direct expenses
$87,546
Administration costs
$11,400
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will use the creative process and the creation of an original work of art to increase their understanding of a STEM topic. 85% of students create a video, instrument, mobile, book, or piece of music or writing (monitored by artist); 80% increase STEM understanding (evaluated by pre and post assessments). 2: Over 1,000 metro and non-metro students will learn a new art form or deepen skills in an existing one by working directly with a professional artist. School locations and the number of participants tracked in database. Students will be asked about prior experience with art form; artist will observe artwork to determine what was learned.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Teacher responses indicate 100% of students in their classes participated in creating art and 90% indicated an increase in STEM understanding. COMPAS worked with an evaluation specialist to create an evaluation that helped measure our goals including STEM and art learning. Teachers were asked to fill out the online evaluation after the residency. We also included a question to get at information to help us improve future evaluations. Teaching artists filled out an evaluation post-residency. They also came together after the entire project to share their experience and stories, and learn from each other. 2: 1,561 students worked directly with a professional artist in four Metro and four non-Metro schools; 100% learned an art form. We tracked participating schools in our database, including town and county information. This was used to track Metro vs non-Metro. We asked both schools and artists to report the number of students involved. Teaching artists tracked student skill acquisition by evaluating students' ability to work on specific arts tasks throughout the program.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Cheryl Bock, Mimi Stake, Diane Johnson, Susan Rotilie, Michelle silverman, Roderic Hernub Southall, Yvette Trotman, Keven Ambrus, Robert Erickson, Tamera Irwin, Christina Koppang, Hristina Markova, Samantha Massaglia, Celena Plesha, Louis Porter, Abigail Lawrence
Project Manager
First Name
Joan
Last Name
Linck
Organization Name
COMPAS, Inc. AKA COMPAS
Street Address
75 5th St W Ste 304
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55102
Phone
(651) 292-3203
Email
joan@compas.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
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