Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Heart of Dance
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2017
End Date
December 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Dancing Classrooms.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; 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; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Lynne Beck: Fundraising, audience development, marketing; Kristi Gaudette: Education, artistic, disabilities specialist, community education; Kathleen Spehar: Artistic, general management, administration; Josh Wise: General management, administration; Hilary Smith: Fundraising, artistic, volunteerism; Justin Christy: Education, general management, administration; Al Onkka: Organizational development, education, audience development, marketing; Kevin Yang: Youth programming, community service, development, artistic; Sai Chang: Volunteerism, fundraising, general administration, youth programming; Caroline Taiwo: Artistic, audience development, marketing, organizational development.

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$13,165
Direct expenses
$23,165
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will provide ballroom dance instruction, as well as social-emotional learning opportunities to at least 100 fifth grade students from 4 Twin Cities schools. Through Dancing Classrooms, 75% of teachers and parents of participants will see a positive change in the way their children feel about themselves. We will evaluate the effectiveness of the Dancing Classrooms program through participant, parent and teacher/principal surveys. We will also evaluate the program through participant count.

Measurable Outcome(s)

87% of surveyed parents and teachers of participating students reported that they saw a positive change in the way their children felt about themselves because of Dancing Classrooms. In addition, 95% of surveyed parents reported that they saw an academic improvement in their child during Dancing Classrooms.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Dennis Yelkin, Nell Collier, Greg Warner, Jill Smith, Robert Sondag, Cecily Hines, Dede Ouren.
Project Manager
First Name
Amy
Last Name
Hero Jones
Organization Name
Heart of Dance
Street Address
500 Grant St E Ste 1308
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55404
Phone
(612) 750-1262
Email
amyhj@heartofdancemn.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