Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$71,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Wright
Hennepin
Ramsey
Wright
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will engage 832 schoolchildren from 35 classrooms in school residency programs that both teach skills in movement and music, and connect students to premier touring artists from Minnesota.

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

Lawrence Benson: Independent scholar, artist and publisher; Aaron Drew: Visual artist; arts organization volunteer; BA in anthropology from U of M; Ann Heymann: Professional performer, composer, teacher and lecturer on the medieval Gaelic harp; Athena Kildegaard: Poet; lecturer, University of Minnesota Morris.; Linda Nelson-Mayson: Director, Goldstein Museum of Design; Theresa Remick: Managing director, performance center at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

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
$71,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$77,037
Direct expenses
$148,037
Administration costs
$3,511
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

832 students will participate in in-school residency programs that provide an opportunity to create, perform and respond to movement and music. Staff members and outside evaluators will track the number of students who participate, and will collect and analyze verbal and written feedback from participants, tracking skill building in the target art forms. 2: Students will experience the performing arts during three visits to the Ordway, including two productions that feature artists from Minnesota. We will track the number of students who participate. Participating schools will receive a free residency program, reduced tickets to the School Matinees ($4.00 apiece), and bus reimbursement for visits to the Ordway.

Measurable Outcome(s)

757 students participated in in-school residency programs that provided an opportunity to create, perform, and respond to movement and music. Staff members and outside evaluation contractors tracked the number of student participants and collected verbal and written feedback from them, tracking skill building in the target art forms. 2: Students experienced the performing arts during two or three visits to the Ordway, including two productions that featured artists from Minnesota. We tracked the number of students who participated. Participating schools received a free residency program, reduced tickets to the School Matinees ($4.00 apiece), and bus reimbursement for visits to the Ordway.

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

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Scott P. Anderson, Diane Awsumb, Dawn Block, Amanda Brinkman, Keith Bryan, Dorothea Burns, Honorable Melvin Carter*, Lucy Clark Dougherty, Traci Egly, Patrick Garay-Heelan, Rajiv Garg, Dr. Joe Gothard*, Ed Graff*, Jamie Grant, Laura Halferty, Donna Harris, Mark L. Henneman, Bill Johnson, Scott Kirkland, David M. Kuplic, Eric D. Levinson, David M. Lilly Jr., Elizabeth M. Lilly, Marcia L. Morris, Mary Nease, Conrad Nguyen, Nancy Nicholson, John Ordway Jr., P.W. Parker, Kimberly A. Randolph, Christine M. Sand, William Sands*, Craig Solem, Dan Stoltz, Ronda Wescott, John Vincent Wolak, Brad Wood, Daniel K. Wrigley. *Ex officio officers
Project Manager
First Name
Micah
Last Name
Minnema
Organization Name
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Street Address
345 Washington St
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55102-1419
Phone
(651) 282-3000
Email
mminnema@ordway.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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