Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,300
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Parents In Community Action, Inc.
Recipient Type
K-12 Education
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2014
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details
Parents In Community Action's Early Bridges program uses storytelling and creative drama to help young children develop creativity and early childhood literacy skills such as sequencing, retelling, vocabulary, and listening skills.
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. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Michele Anderson: Rural program director, Springboard for the Arts, Fergus Falls; Sheila Asato: Visual arts coordinator, Penny George Institute; faculty member, Minnesota Center for Book Arts; Jill Aubin: Museum educator and curatorial assistant, Minnesota Discovery Center, Chisholm; self-taught artist with an emphasis in photography; Sue Awes: Director, Help Our Neighbors, Chatfield; Alice De Yonge: Program director, Project G.E.M.; David Grant: A Twin Cities-based writer; core alumnus member of The Playwrights' Center; Patrick Hollister: Active living planner, PartnerSHIP 4 Health; Ange Hwang: Executive director of Asian Media Access; Thomas Maakestad: A private entrepreneur and landscape artist|Bree Sieplinga, Associate director, Upstream Arts
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$24,300
Other Funds Leveraged
$600
Direct expenses
$24,900
Administration costs
$1,788
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
More low-income children and families of all races, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds will have access to the arts. We will track arts participation via child attendance and event attendance records. 2: Improvements in early literacy skills, critical thinking, and creative self-expression will be observed in participating Head Start children. Teaching Strategies Gold assessment tool will be used to measure participants’ artistic and social-emotional growth; Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs) will be used to measure language and literacy skills.
Measurable Outcome(s)
More low-income children and families of all races, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds experienced exposure to the arts through a live theater performance. 2: Participating Head Start children showed improvement in early literacy skills, critical thinking, and creative self-expression.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Mary Merrill Anderson, Sharon Sayles Belton, Guy Bowling, Dan Cain, Dr. Wallace Franklin, Yharecia Holloway, Anise Mazone, Bryan Nelson, Ed Sisola, Fran Stark, Shawnee Twiet, Anissa Watkins, Vernon Wetternach, Makeda Zulu-Gillespie
Project Manager
First Name
Barbara
Last Name
Trautmann
Organization Name
Parents In Community Action, Inc.
Street Address
700 Humboldt Ave N
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55411
Phone
(612) 377-7422
Email
btrautmann@picaheadstart.org
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