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Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
2010 "tilt-a-whirl" mural project.
Rice
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Faribault Art Center AKA Paradise Center for the Arts
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Self-funded visual arts educational program for children.
Rice
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Giants of the Earth Heritage Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Giants Folk and Fine Arts School.
Houston
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Minnesota State Academy for the Blind
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$675
Jazz and calypso workshops for grades K-12.
Rice
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Northfield Senior Citizens, Inc
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Arts programming expansion for seniors.
Rice
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Perpich Center for Arts Education
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$740,712

This new initiative aims to increase student achievement in and through the arts in nine west-central Minnesota schools. With the ultimate goal of positively impacting the learning of more than 1,500 students this year in the Lakes Country region, 40 teachers in the arts and in other content areas are engaged in professional development, curriculum development, and assessment literacy, leading to the development and implementation of arts-integrated lessons and units tied to the Minnesota Academic Standards.

Becker
Clay
Douglas
Otter Tail
Stevens
Traverse
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Perpich Center for Arts Education
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$259,288

The Arts Education in Minnesota Schools Research Project is surveying all public and private schools to collect baseline data on the status of arts education statewide to serve as a resource for making data-driven decisions. A national research and evaluation company, Quadrant Arts Education Research, is conducting the study, comprised of three elements.

Element One: Arts Integration Survey

Statewide
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Bridge Chamber Music Festival
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$120
Artist fees for chamber music concerts.
Rice
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Ridgeway Community School
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$431
Production of The Wizard of Oz.
Houston
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Gail A. Heil
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$395
Series of three rural dances.
Houston