Community Arts Education Support

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$15,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Headwaters School of Music and the Arts

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2016

End Date

December 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Beltrami

Cass

Clearwater

Hubbard

Project Overview

Community Arts Education Support

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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Gabrielle Bliss: Arts coordinator at Folwell School, Performing Arts Magnet; Vicki Chepulis: Cofounder and former executive director, Trollwood Performing Arts School, Fargo-Moorhead; board member, New York Mills Regional Cultural Center; executive committee member, Rural Arts and Culture Summit; Candida Gonzalez: Arts coordinator, Roosevelt High School; Roxanne Heaton: Executive director, Minnetonka Center for the Arts; Andre-Louis Heywood: Choral conductor; doctoral candidate in choral conducting; Jennifer Nicklay: Education and outreach coordinator, Weavers Guild of Minnesota; Stephen Pelkey: Former artistic director of the Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras; Dawne White: Executive director, COMPAS

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$15,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$136,541

Direct expenses

$151,541

Administration costs

$3,750

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Develop a visual art enrichment programs that offers more opportunities for adult learners. Adult learners will learn new art skills through working with teaching artists to develop and enhance their knowledge of the new art form opportunities.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through a variety of workshops and classes, community members explored encaustic painting, mixed media, acrylic painting and line drawing. Written surveys were completed by artist instructors as well as by participants at the completion of the program. 2: In addition to visual artists, are writers advanced their skills through a series of poetry workshops, including slam poetry. Written surveys were completed by artist instructors as well as by participants at the completion of the program.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Michael Moen, Carl Johnson, Rebecca J. Stone, Al Pederson, Kelly Jo Schultz, Keila McKracken, Jodi Monerson, Stacey Stang

Project Manager

Patricia

Andrews

Headwaters School of Music and the Arts

519 Minnesota Ave NW

Bemidji

56601