Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,149
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Epic Enterprise Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
June 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Rice
Rice
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

In partnership with a clay artist from Northern Clay Center, poet Becca Barniskis, and musician Nick Jaffe, Epic Enterprise will provide three in-depth arts learning opportunities for 45 adults with developmental disabilities.

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
$25,149
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,640
Direct expenses
$29,789
Administration costs
$442
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Barriers will be identified and adaptations made to support arts learners to develop and expand artistic skills and self-expression. Individual barriers will be identified and adaptations suggested by artists and Epic staff. Adaptations which prove to be successful will be integrated into future lessons and will be documented. 2: Learners will develop holistically, as art becomes a vehicle for expanded emotional/social wellbeing, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Evaluation is through observations by artists and staff identifying emotional/social, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Regular meetings will review individual mastery and participation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Barriers were identified and adaptations made to support arts learners to develop and expand artistic skills. Individual barriers were identified and adaptations suggested by artists and Epic staff. Adaptations which proved to be successful were integrated into future lessons and were documented. 2: Learners developed holistically, as art became a vehicle for expanded emotional/social wellbeing, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Evaluation was completed through observations by artists and staff identifying emotional/social, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Regular meetings reviewed individual mastery and participation.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Linda Olson, Janet Petri, Samantha Hartmann, Stephanie Snodgrass, Kathy LaRoche, Kathy Feldbrugge, Kathleen Doran-Norton, Rick Risberg, Bonnie Prawer, Norman Oberto,
Project Manager
First Name
Linda
Last Name
Hibbard
Organization Name
Epic Enterprise Inc.
Street Address
PO Box 186
City
Dundas
State
MN
Zip Code
55019
Phone
(507) 645-6800
Email
lhibbard@epicenterpriseinc.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