Partners in Arts Participation

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,569
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ecumen Prairie Lodge
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2020
End Date
February 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Partners in Arts Participation

Project Details

Ecumen Prairie Lodge will engage with Kairos Alive! to facilitate dance, music, and storytelling experiences for elderly residents and their caregivers/families at Prairie Lodge's memory care and assisted living community.

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 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.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Amy Cousin: Jewelry artist; Emily Derke: Basketry artist and teaching artist; Maude Dornfeld: Executive director, Life House; Nathan Fisher: Filmmaker; creative director of Once Were and Again We Are; Scott Reynolds: Director, producer, writer, and performer; artistic director of Mixed Precipitation; Samantha Smingler: Inclusion coordinator, Great Lakes Aquarium; Stephanie Thull: Gallery shop coordinator, Arts Center of Saint Peter

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,569
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$13,569
Administration costs
$789
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Community seniors will improve their physical and social well-being through interactive dance, music and storytelling. Prairie Lodge will utilize Kairos Alive!'s mix of formal written and verbal evaluations and informal interviews to measure the improved social and physical well-being of the program's participants during and at the conclusion of the residency.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Community seniors improved their physical and social well-being through interactive dance, music, and storytelling. Prairie Lodge tracked participation with a spreadsheet. They also observed improvement in social and physical well-being of the program's participants during and at the conclusion of the residency.

Recipient Board Members
Debbie Cervenka - Chair, J. Michael Dady - Vice Chair, John Petraborg - Treasurer, Nancy Thompson Ulvestad - Secretary, Ann Barkelew, Dr. Susan J. Crockett, A. Richard (Dick) Olson, Daniel Abdul, Jan Conlin, Peter Jacobson
Project Manager
First Name
Alexandra
Last Name
Hausler
Organization Name
Ecumen Prairie Lodge
Street Address
6001 Earle Brown Dr
City
Brooklyn Center
State
MN
Zip Code
55430
Phone
(763) 566-1495
Email
alexandrahausler@ecumen.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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