Project Grant

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,367

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Foley High School

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2016

End Date

June 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Benton

Project Overview

Project Grant

Project Details

Commercial Art Partnership/Inter-District Arts Collaboration Team and Promise Neighborhood St Cloud. With artist/designer Robert McCoy, 176 high school students from Becker, Foley, St Cloud Tech, St Cloud Apollo and Sauk Rapids will paint murals, signage,

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, Nuclear Engineer; George Minerich: film, digital, and nature photographer, local arts center, photography club volunteer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Linda Brobeck: Central Minnesota Arts Board Director; Paula Benfer: visual artist working in printmaking, batik on paper, collage and assemblage; Ryan Dunlop: musician who plays anything with strings on it from bass to violin, makes music with everything from soft-synths to electronics programmed to make all sorts of noise; Jeff Prauer: Former Executive Director of the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, past president and vice president of the Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota, symphony orchestra management, freelance trombonist; Donna Rice: cast glass sculptor, teaching artist; Carrie Zwack: performing arts and music, St Cloud Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Administrative Assistant, member of the Meire Grove Community Band, works with Pioneer Place Theatre and the Veranda Lounge.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,367

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,650

Direct expenses

$8,017

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Thirty-five students from Tech, 50 students from Apollo, 53 Students from Sauk Rapids, 26 students from Foley and 12 students from Becker high schools (hereafter 176 students) will improve their painting skills through tutoring from Robert McCoy. 176 students will become familiar with commercial design as presented and practiced by Robert McCoy. 176 students will come together crossing community and cultural boundaries to improve the interior/exterior spaces at the Promise Neighborhood building. School districts measure collaborative integration projects by documenting the number of students participating that year. Our goal is to increase participation over a specified time. Formative observations are also made.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Lee Olson, David Walz, Becky Howard, Sharon Kipka, Kenny Beehler, Ron Miller, Shannon Schmit

Project Manager

Mike

Carlson

Foley High School

621 Penn St PO Box 397

Foley

56329