Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,336
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Hillcrest Elementary School AKA Hillcrest Community School
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Hillcrest Community School will partner with Children's Theatre Company to deepen their Artful Learning programming by providing 153 fourth and fifth grade students with a yearlong theater arts and storytelling residency.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Bradley Althoff: Managing producer and senior project manager, Classical MPR; Roberta Gray: Director of Saint Francis Music Center, Little Falls; Jane Gudmundson: Former education director, Plains Art Museum in Fargo; Kao Ly Ilean Her: Chief executive officer, Hmong Elders Center; former executive director, State of Minnesota Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans; Paul LaJeunesse: Assistant professor of art, College of St Scholastica; Andrew Nordin: Painter; Arts Board grantee; Molly Sheeley Melton: Educator, school for Environmenta Studies in Apple Valley

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,336
Other Funds Leveraged
$24,024
Direct expenses
$72,360
Administration costs
$3,652
Number of full time equivalents funded
2.60
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

153 4th and 5th grade students will access high-quality arts learning experiences adapted to their grade level w/three professional artists We will use observations, surveys and rubrics appropriate for 4th and 5th grade level that relate to the creation, performance, and reflection process and experience with artists. 2: 543 hours of programming. Students and teachers expand learning of theatre arts discipline and storytelling. We will track arts project hours. Teachers and artists will complete surveys and an assessment to evaluate knowledge and use of theatre elements for students will also be used.

Measurable Outcome(s)

5th grade students will access high-quality arts learning experiences adapted to their grade level w/four professional artists. 70% of students agreed or strongly agreed that they improved over the course of the 2018-19 year in the areas of critical thinking, cultural awareness/competency, conflict resolution, respect, empathy, collaboration, and persistence/patience/grit. 2: 609 hours of programming were used for students and teachers expand learning of theatre arts discipline and storytelling. The associate director of education, Kiyoko Sims, kept log for budgetary reasons called MSAB Budget Hillcrest. The spreadsheet kept an expense log of artist compensation based on contact hours with Hillcrest students and teachers.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Calvin
Last Name
Keasling
Organization Name
Hillcrest Elementary School AKA Hillcrest Community School
Street Address
9301 Thomas Rd
City
Bloomington
State
MN
Zip Code
55431
Phone
(952) 681-5300
Email
ckeasling@isd271.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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