Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

CrossRoads Panorama

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2014

End Date

March 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for Youth Writers Storytellers Workshop, a four-week workshop for at-risk teens providing the opportunity to explore their writing skills and create a short story book of their own. The program will take place at the Sabathani Community Center in March 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

Stephen Rueff: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Development; Suzanne Roberts: Artistic Finance, Community Education; Alison Heimstead: Artistic; Ann Erickson: Administration, Fundraising; Sarah Johnson: Administration, Fundraising, Education; Nina Graham: Fundraising, Administration; Andi Cheney, Fundraising, Administration; Dana LeMoine: Artistic, Education, Youth Programming.

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

$1,250

Direct expenses

$6,250

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

What we hope to achieve is for the youth to be fully committed to learning and completing this project. Also to gain from the wisdom of the seniors for making better choices in their lives.The evaluated anticipated outcomes will be the responses from the artists and a formal evaluation of youth participants. Short evaluation forms will be provided as a part of the Youth Storytellers Workshop and requested to be turned in to the staff at the end of the workshop. Crossroads Panorama will track the positive social changes through their team effort of working together.

Measurable Outcome(s)

95% of youth participants worked together as a team among the group; 95% experienced improved social skills as they connected with the seniors, peers and guests; 50% expressed a desire to continue writing and reading; 25% of the audience experienced this kind of art form for the first time; 95% of the youth said the program made a difference in their lives.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Brenda Reid, Joy Mobley, Josephine Jackson, Carletta Yancy, Dave Reynolds, Carlos Block, Michael Trucano, Bill Green

Project Manager

Joyce

Marrie

CrossRoads Panorama

PO Box 26054

St Louis Park

55426