Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,450
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Nathan H. Fisher
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Minnesota Refugee Voices 2019 will be a yearlong workshop for Twin Cities-based refugees to learn filmic storytelling skills as they produce a short documentary. Adult learners will write treatments, then produce and direct short films from their treatments.

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
$49,450
Other Funds Leveraged
$14,030
Direct expenses
$63,480
Administration costs
$1,250
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Adult arts learners learn film-directing skills that enable creativity and self-expression. An independent arts evaluator will observe the workshop process, conduct interviews and assess completed films to determine the extent that participants learned new skills that enabled self-expression. 2: Adult arts learners produce a documentary film as a way to engage artistically in a public conversation. Post-project interviews with learners will include questions on how the workshop process changed their understanding of documentary's efficacy, and how they plan to use their films to engage the world.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Adult arts learners learned documentary film directing skills that enabled creativity and self-expression. A contract arts evaluator observed the workshop process and assessed generated written materials (e.g. treatments, scripts, storyboards) to determine participants' growth as directors. She will lead a final 2019 workshop session in November. 2: Adult arts learners developed strategic storytelling plans. A contract arts evaluator observed the workshop process and assessed generated written materials to determine participants' growth as storytellers within a video production context. She will lead a final 2019 workshop session in November.

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

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Nathan
Last Name
Fisher
Organization Name
Nathan H. Fisher
State
MN
Phone
(510) 967-0377
Email
nate.fisher@gmail.com
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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