Partners in Arts Participation

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Epic Enterprise Inc.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2015
End Date
February 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Rice
Rice
Project Overview
Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details
In partnership with Northern Clay Center, Epic Enterprise will provide high quality art experiences for adults with developmental disabilities.
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; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; 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; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
William Adams: Public policy consultant, community leader of Kaddatz Galleries creation; Gabrielle Bliss: Arts coordinator at Folwell School, Performing Arts Magnet; Ykatirina Cardenas: Performing artist, youth arts educator; Chrisanne Pieper: Senior program director, Rochester Community and Technical College; Toni Quirk: Vice president of development Phoenix Alternatives Inc (provides services to adults with developmental disabilities), White Bear Lake; Rickey Shiomi: Playwright, director, cofounder of Mu Performing Arts; Bree Sieplinga: Associate director, Upstream Arts; Kathleen Spehar: Executive director, The O'Shaughnessy
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$19,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$19,500
Administration costs
$215
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Enrich participants’ lives by providing in-depth arts experiences through the medium of clay. Northern Clay teaching artists will provide 68 hours of instruction to arts learners. Barriers to participation will be identified and adaptations made so that learners can succeed in creating art. 2: Learners will develop holistically, as art becomes a vehicle for expanded emotional/social wellbeing, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Evaluation is through observations by artist and Epic staff identifying emotional/social, physical and artistic/cognitive functioning. Regular meetings will review individual mastery and participation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Northern Clay artist Angie Renee enriched participants’ lives by providing 68 hours of in-depth arts experiences through the medium of clay. Staff videotaped and took photos during class. Artist and staff met 20 times (6x with a coach) to reflect on the progress of learners. Arts learners’ achievements and struggles were tracked on a spreadsheet. At a final reflection, the team looked at a sampling of clay creations, reviewed video clips and the spreadsheet, and reflected on what was accomplished over the residency. Spreadsheet data and notes from the final reflection were analyzed by an evaluator at the end of the project. 2: Creating art through the medium of clay was a vehicle for learners to develop emotionally, socially, physically, artistically and cognitively. Staff videotaped and took photos during class. Artist and staff met twenty times (6x with a coach) to reflect on the progress of learners. Arts learners’ achievements and struggles were tracked on a spreadsheet. At a final reflection, the team looked at a sampling of clay creations, reviewed video clips and the spreadsheet, and reflected on what was accomplished over the residency. Spreadsheet data and notes from the final reflection were analyzed by an evaluator at the end of the project.

Description of Funds
Recipient Board Members
Kathleen Doran-Norton, David Gonnerman, Linda Olson, Bonnie Prawer, Rick Risberg, Norman Oberto,ReNae Trebelhorn, Elizabeth Wheeler
Project Manager
First Name
Linda
Last Name
Hibbard
Organization Name
Epic Enterprise Inc.
Street Address
PO Box 186
City
Dundas
State
MN
Zip Code
55019
Phone
(507) 645-6800
Email
lhibbard@epicenterpriseinc.org
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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