Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2017
End Date
December 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Bringing four introductory creative writing courses to state prisons in the Metro Area.

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

Erica Lee: Education; Maya Weisinger: Community development, community education, marketing; Linda Scott: Artistic, education; Crystal Brinkman: Youth programming, artistic; Christian Novak: Fundraising, marketing; Nadine Sehnert: Youth programming, artistic; Mike Newman: Education, organizational development; Heather Beal: Fundraising, audience development, organizational planning.

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
$2,500
Direct expenses
$12,500
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will provide 4 high quality introductory creative writing classes at Metropolitan Area prisons and recruit 48 (12 per class) students. At least 75% of students will report that their class taught them to be a better writer, and that they feel that they have the tools [they] need to continue writing after this class is over, and that they are better writer[s] as a result of this class. Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop instructors and the advisory committee will track course enrollment. At the beginning and end of each class, Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop instructors will administer class evaluations to assess students' receptiveness to and comfort with creative writing, as well as instructor effectiveness, along several metrics, with space provided for qualitative feedback, as well.

Measurable Outcome(s)

97% of students reported that they were "better able to imagine the inner life of another person after this class", which exhibits the building of empathy, a very important part of arts education. Nine of the 39 students are continuing their writing through MPWW's mentor program, evidence that their class helped instill in them an ongoing habit of art.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Michael Kleber-Diggs, Mary Stein, Steven Horwitz, Paul Van Dyke, Jennifer Bowen Hicks
Project Manager
First Name
Michael
Last Name
Alberti
Organization Name
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop
Street Address
PO Box 7262
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(505) 730-3582
Email
mike@mnprisonwriting.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