Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,198
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
South High 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

South High School students will collaborate with six teaching artists from four community arts organizations. They will engage in hands on art and social justice experiences and create spoken word poem, play, collage art, mural, and participate in the May Day Parade.

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
$35,198
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,715
Direct expenses
$37,153
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will increase understanding of what it means to be an artist by engaging in creation and performance with six professional artists The program will be assessed by student pre/post interviews, written reflections, and following rubric developed with our arts partners. Students will create and perform finished pieces of art. 2: Students increase understanding of the interdependent relationship between community and arts through direct participation in local art organizations. We will use student reflection data from each unit as well as from the end of the course. Also, pre and post surveys on arts engagement, and evaluation feedback from arts partners.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students increased their understanding of what it means to be an artist by engaging in creation and performance with six professional artists. Each student completed a pre-course survey and exit interview about their learning. Students, artists and teachers participated in written and verbal reflections after each unit. All 25 students created and performed finished pieces of art. 2: Students increased understanding of the interdependent relationship between community and arts through direct participation with local art organizations. We used student and arts partners written reflection data from each unit as well as from the end of the course. Students completed pre and post-surveys on arts engagement and each student was interviewed individually at the end of the course.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Delania
Last Name
Haug
Organization Name
South High School
Street Address
3131 19th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407-1988
Phone
(612) 668-4300
Email
delainia.haug@mpls.k12.mn.us
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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