Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$85,963
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

The Minnesota Museum of American Art will bring skilled teaching artists and folk and fine art, media, and design classes to arts learners ages four and up in the new Sifo Center for Creativity, a new hub for creative expression in Saint Paul.

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
$85,963
Other Funds Leveraged
$22,569
Direct expenses
$108,532
Administration costs
$6,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.50
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Program participants will gain confidence in tapping into their creative side within an artistic discipline about which they're curious. Participants will complete pre-/post-class surveys (oral or written) measuring understanding of and comfort engaging with relevant artistic discipline. 2: Program participants will develop empathy toward others through intercultural learning that emphasizes personal connection with cultural diversity. For classes focusing on culturally-specific folk arts, participants will complete pre-/post-class surveys (oral or written) assessing personal relationship to and comfort with represented culture.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Program participants gained confidence in tapping into their creative side within an artistic discipline about which they were curious. Participants completed pre-/post-class surveys measuring understanding of and comfort engaging with relevant artistic discipline. M staff and teaching artists also gathered information anecdotally through informal conversations with participants. 2: Program participants fostered personal connections across difference through art-making. Participants completed pre-/post-class surveys assessing personal relationship to and comfort engaging with each other in a group arts learning environment.

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

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Nancy Apfelbacher, Thomas J. Arneson, Jo Bailey, Tim Beastrom, Mike Birt, Brenda Child, Ph.D., Andy Currie, Jim Denomie, Susan Focke, Ann Heider, Robin Hickman, Tom Hysell, Hawona Sullivan Janzen, Nathan Johnson, Mike McCormick, Paul Mellblom, Dave Neal, Gregory Page, Ann Ruhr Pifer, Diane Pozdolski, Robyne Robinson, Jim Rustad, Michael Sammler-Jones, Rick Scott, Patty Dunlap Whitaker, KaYing Yang, Dick Zehring
Project Manager
First Name
Christine
Last Name
Durand
Organization Name
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Street Address
141 4th St E Ste 101
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101
Phone
(651) 797-2571
Email
cdurand@mmaa.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