Folk and Traditional Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,749
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Kevin L. Strauss
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2016
End Date
December 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Project Overview
Folk and Traditional Arts
Project Details
Strauss, through the Minnesota Story Traditions Project, will identify traditional folk arts storytellers in Minnesota, video record their story performances, and post seventy storytelling videos on the StoryLibrary.org Web site.
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; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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
Jewell Arcoren: Community resources coordinator of Healing Place Collaborative; Rhonda Dass: Associate professor of anthropology and director of museum studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Mary Erickson: Fiber artist, museum exhibit researcher; Stanley Maroushek: Owner, Slim's Woodshed and Museum; Linda McShannock: Curator of textiles and clothing collection, Minnesota Historical Society; Scott Pollock: Director of exhibitions, collections and programs, American Swedish Institute
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,749
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,250
Direct expenses
$24,999
Administration costs
$810
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

This project will video record and post to a free, online, juried video website 70 traditional folktales told by Folk Arts Storytellers. I will evaluate this outcome by adding up the number of new recordings of traditional folktales, told by Folk Arts Storytellers, posted to the www.StoryLibrary.org website. 2: Storytelling artists, parents, teachers and librarians will learn new folk arts stories that they will use in their professional and personal lives. We will evaluate this through surveys and interviews with project artists and with audience members at the Capstone Event.

Measurable Outcome(s)

This Project identified folk arts storytellers, video recorded their story performances, and posted 73 videos on the www.StoryLibrary.org website. The artist used a quantitative method to evaluate project success. If the project resulted in the posting of 70 new folk arts stories on the www.StoryLibrary.org website, then the project was a success. The project met this standard. 2: Storytelling artists, parents, teachers and librarians learned new folk arts stories that they will use in their professional and personal lives. The artist used a four-question survey to evaluate the degree to which the project accomplished the proposed outcome. By survey results, the project met the outcome standard.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Kevin
Last Name
Strauss
Organization Name
Kevin L. Strauss
State
MN
Phone
(507) 993-3411
Email
kevin@naturestory.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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