Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Bakken Trio
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2019
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

The Bakken Trio will collaborate with Z Puppets Rosenschnoz in From the Monkey Mountains listening parties and performance at the East Side Freedom Library for people ages ten and up, to make new connections to classical music through visual art and puppetry.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; 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

Nolita Christensen: Community and nonprofit management consultant; woodworker; Christina Frederickson: Educator, gardener, and actor; Molly Gamble: Artist; former arts event planner at Maryland Institute College of Art; Heather Haynes: ; Sara Raappana: Published poet; editor of Cellpoems, a poetry journal; Norah Rendell: Executive director, Center for Irish Music; musician

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$11,840
Direct expenses
$44,840
Administration costs
$1,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

At least and #8532; of participants at East Side Freedom Library Listening Parties and performance will report making new connections to classical music. BT/ZPR Project team refines evaluation tools developed in their 2019 pilot project: Participants share verbal and written responses about new connections they make to classical music, from which the team extracts qualitative and quantitative data.

Measurable Outcome(s)

60% of participants of our Listening Sessions at East Side Freedom Library reported making a new connection with classical music at the event. Participants shared verbal and written responses with organization leaders onsite, which were collated and discussed after each event to extract qualitative and quantitative results. 2: Minnesotans developed expanded their knowledge about an artistic discipline. Through this collaboration for Minnesota audiences, participants expressed the new information learned about music history and newfound knowledge about puppetry. Evaluation methods included surveys completed onsite during each listening session.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Stephanie Arado, Mary Dew, Martha Ingram, Holly MacDonald, Paul Mohrbacher, Ruth Murphy, Tracy Peterson, Pitnarry Shin, Mary Streitz
Project Manager
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Finkelstein
Organization Name
The Bakken Trio
Street Address
3754 Pleasant Ave S Ste 202
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55409
Phone
(612) 584-1967
Email
paul@bakkentrio.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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