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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,408
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Edward D. Neill Elementary School AKA Neill Elementary
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Neill Elementary will partner with storyteller/teaching artist Katie Knutson to conduct extended arts-integrated, standards-based, literacy-focused, arts learning residencies with 29 core groups of students and teachers.
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
Camilla Berry: Practicing artist with nursing and education credentials; Kristina Bigalk: Poet; director of creative writing, Normandale Community College; Micahel Burgraff: Executive director, Fergus Falls: A Center for the Arts; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Robert Gardner: Artistic director, Minnesota Ballet; Barry Kleider: Photographer, visual artist and teaching artist; Andrea Stanislav: Contemporary visual artist; associate professor of art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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
$30,408
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,379
Direct expenses
$33,787
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Twenty-nine teachers and 540 students will have extended arts learning opportunities on integrating Storytelling, an underrepresented art form. With administrative oversight, we will record the number of participating teachers and students. 2: Using storytelling/drama, teachers will make lessons accessible to students of diverse cultures, socio-economic statuses, abilities and learning styles. Teacher surveys and student growth assessments will measure teacher ability with and commitment to Storytelling/Drama, and student engagement, participation, and growth in Literacy and Arts standards.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Katie Knutson facilitated a literacy-based, artist-in-residency (storytelling) for all Neill teachers are students. Planning meetings with all teachers, facilitation of storytelling lessons, guest storyteller assembly and storytelling night for Neill families.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Kelly
Last Name
Corbett
Organization Name
Edward D. Neill Elementary School AKA Neill Elementary
Street Address
6600 Medicine Lake Rd
City
Crystal
State
MN
Zip Code
55427
Phone
(763) 504-7401
Email
kelly_corbett@rdale.org
Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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