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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,380
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
West 7th Community Center
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2014
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details
Actor educators from CLIMB Theatre will engage 65 youth in theater exercises to explore the theme of cultural diversity as it relates to their lives, culminating in a community performance.
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
Brianda Cediel: Co-founder and executive director of Hands Across America; Sharon Fischlowitz: Program coordinator, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota; Roberta Gray: Director of Saint Francis Music Center, Little Falls; Tyra Hughes: A marriage and family therapist, and ARMHS worker for adults with mental illnesses; Chrisanne Pieper: Senior program director, Rochester Community and Technical College; Kelly Pratt: Business and life coach for people in creative industries; Michael Schlemper: Fiction writer, poet and visual artist; William Venne: Chief development officer, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota; Dennis Whipple: Executive director, Great River Educational Arts Theatre
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$12,380
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$12,380
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Sixty-five West 7th Community Center youth with little to no prior theater arts experience will participate in twelve hours of high-quality, sequential theater art instruction. West 7th Community Center will track the number of participants and hours of participation and CLIMB will assess student vs. a rubric of age appropriate theater arts learning goals. 2: 80% of West 7th youth will report an increased sense of mastery during the 2014-15 school year. West 7th will measure students’ sense of mastery using the SAYO – Survey of Afterschool Outcomes, a researched and validated tool developed at the National Institute for Out of School Time.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Sixty-three low-income students with little or no prior theater experience participated in twelve hours of high-quality theater arts instruction. 2: 76% of students completing the SAYO youth survey agreed with the statement Coming here has helped me find out what I’m good at doing and what I like about myself.

Description of Funds
Recipient Board Members
Diane Gerth, Darren Wolfson, Teresa Boardman, Tara Burket, Rotimi Lamikanra, Betty Moran, Jerry Rothstein, Laurel Severson, Patrick McGuiness, Wendy Underwood, Cristy DeLaCruz, Paula Kringle, Greg Wandersee
Project Manager
First Name
Greg
Last Name
Wandersee
Organization Name
West 7th Community Center
Street Address
265 Oneida St
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55102
Phone
(651) 298-5493
Email
gwandersee@west7th.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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