Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
Increase the number of students from North Minneapolis through partnerships with the Northside Achievement Zone, the Hawthorne Area Coalition, and other North Minneapolis partners. Lundstrum Center collected quantitative data, including enrollment statistics, demographic trends (race, gender, socioeconomic); ticket sales; new audience members and financial aid requests during the course of the year, and is reporting those numbers. 2: Increase revenue from ticket sales, facility rentals, private lessons, and other forms of income. Written evaluations by teachers help to identify starting and ending skill levels of students and measure progress toward established goals (i.e. voice placement, ballet technique). Lundstrum keeps track of partnerships and requests for partnerships with schools, civic organizations, other arts organizations and social service providers. Last year, Lundstrum rented its space to many youth and arts oriented non-profits, including Buckets and Taps, Vaudeville, Team Illuminate, Curio Dance, Poetry in Motion, Uptown Swing, Herbert Johnson, Drop the Mike, Saint Paul Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Coon Rapids High School, Dandelion War Paint, the Ivey Award Rehearsal, and Stacy Boeddeker Private Instruction. Lundstrum collaborated with the Northside Achievement Zone, the Northside Arts Leaders Group, the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Dance program, the Hawthorne Huddle and Business Association, among many others, and responded to many partnership requests from area schools.
People of all ages, ethnicities and abilities participate in the arts. Lundstrum Center continued to be an arts anchor on the north side of Minneapolis, drawing a diverse population of 428 students from ages 3 - 73 in 2012/13. Identified ethnicities were African American (21.7%), Asian (.9%), Caucasian (50.5%), Hispanic (3.3%), Native American (.7%), Other (1.9%), 11% with two or more ethnicities, and 10% who gave no response. Lundstrum Center's popular Dancemania classes served 19 differently-abled individuals, and during the year the decision was made to integrate them into the mainstream Sing and Dance classes for children ages 3-8. The Dancemania students had made significant progress, and all of the youth benefited from the interaction. The Dancemania instructor taught the Sing and Dance classes to aid in the transition. Another pre-school Sing and Dance class was added due to high demand. The organization gave over $83,000 in financial aid to 116 students. 2: The arts thrive in Minnesota. The Lundstrum Center brings together people from the near north side with people from Minneapolis and the first ring suburbs, all of whom come to the Center for the quality of instruction in dance, music, and acting, the opportunity to perform, and to see high quality productions of musical theatre. More than 5,200 people were served in the last year. Lundstrum serves as a feeder for the professional theatres in town who need local talent for shows. When not in use, the Lundstrum stage is rented to performing arts groups. Lundstrum also subsidizes rehearsal space for neighborhood youth and upcoming artists. In the past year, Lundstrum experienced many more walk-ins from local youth interested in getting involved. In response, the organization began offering special Saturday afternoon dance tracks of hip-hop, jazz and modern dance, creating a personalized path that met their interests and preparing them for participation in a performance.
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