Live at the Library 2012

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,903
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Anoka
Anoka
Project Overview
Anoka County Library will provide a county-wide celebration of the arts at all nine library branches, including visual, performing, and musical arts, some of which will be historically and culturally educational as well.
Project Details
3795
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 5
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,903
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$24,903
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Customers will come together at their local libraries to experience the arts in action, learning more
about art, other cultures, and local history while participating in some hands-on art projects and
experiencing live performances.

Measurable Outcome(s)

3,795 people experienced the arts in action during a four hour period on June 9, 2012 at all nine of our library locations. People learned about a wide variety of musical styles, experienced the Civil War in action, listened to stories from other cultures, learned more about their family history, experienced Narnia with a local theater group, and got to try their hand at all kinds of art mediums: pastel painting, birch bark ring making, acrylic painting, folded book sculptures, card making, clay projects, rock painting, leather working, watercolor painting, paper robots and more. Several customers and their families made a day of the event, travelling to as many libraries as possible to experience as much as possible. We were contacted by a local school district afterwards because they loved the variety we had offered and wanted to contact some of the participants for their own programming.

Project Manager
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
chris@melsa.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200