Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

courageous heARTS

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2014

End Date

December 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to engage a cohort of high school students from Minneapolis Public Schools in an arts-based curriculum called Project RestART, a prevention tool combining expressive arts and restorative practices intended to reconnect youth to their personal learning goals and school community. The program will culminate in a collect art project to be presented to the broader community in September 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Loren Niemi: General Management, Artistic, Organizational Development; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Artistic, General Management; Jessica Briggs: Artistic, General Management; Pete Driessen: Visual Arts, Media Arts, Community Arts; Laura Leffler-McCabe: General Management; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Paul Rudoi: Artistic, General Management; Rachel Wandrei: Artistic, General Management; Joan Vorderbruggen: General Management.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,302

Direct expenses

$6,302

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

8 youth will participate in the curriculum design process and public art project. 100% of participants will have an expanded awareness of the transformative power of art for individual and community change.courageous heARTS will implement youth participatory evaluation strategies utilizing multiple sources of information such as participant surveys, evaluative discussions, and an anonymous comment/feedback box.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Eight students participated in the full 10-week session and 18 total were engaged in the work in some capacity (middle and high school). The elements of RestART students reported liking the most were writing and acting in the play, the other art activities, and having a safe space to meet new people. Seven of eight students reported not wanting to change anything except wanting it to last longer.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jenny Lock, Larry Whiten, Amanda Zagelbaum, Elisa Iha, Bob Friedman, Kara Bennett, Oliviah Walker, Libby Tschida, Livy Traczyk

Project Manager

Lindsay

Walz

courageous heARTS

4164 Cedar Ave S

Minneapolis

55407