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2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2014
End Date
April 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre will conduct a twelve-month program for Phillips neighborhood youth who have limited access to arts programs, on-site and in partnership with Waite House, Little Earth, and Collaborative Village.
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
Maya Beecham: Executive assistant and creativity director, Youthprise; visual and spoken word artist; freelance writer; Laurel Bradley: Director and curator, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, Northfield; Gregory Bullard: Independent Management Consultant, Bullseye Services Corp.; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Joanna Kohler: Filmmaker and Media producer, community storytelling; Sherri Pugh: Retired community economic developer and philanthropy administrator; Minnesota African American Museum volunteer; Paul Robinson: Director, James P. Shannon Leadership Institute, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, Saint Paul; Jessica Roeder: Writer, poet and teacher
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
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ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$88,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$15,500
Direct expenses
$103,500
Administration costs
$17,581
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

At-risk and underserved youth receive quality arts education at partner neighborhood sites. The outcome evaluation will include: Numbers of children participating at each site; Feedback from community partner staff; Feedback from artists; Feedback from youth involved via documentary processes. 2: In the Heart of the Beast will deliver a twelve month of arts program tailored to meet the needs of neighborhood youth, including ongoing assessment of learning. The programming will be benchmarked by activities at each site with regular assessments of progress with partner organization staff and artists.

Measurable Outcome(s)

90 at-risk and underserved youth received quality arts education over 40 weeks of year-round arts programming at partnering neighborhood sites. 2: HOBT artists and key staff brought quality arts programming, designed and assessed with partnering sites and experienced artist educators, to neighborhood youth weekly throughout 2014.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Nancy Cerkvenik, Canidia Gonzales, Alex Hacker, Dan Herber, Catherine Jordan, Scott Moriarty, Joe Musich, Dan Newman, Sandy Spieler, Anne Ulseth, Allison Welch, Kirstin Weigmann
Project Manager
First Name
Catherine
Last Name
Jordan
Organization Name
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre AKA HOBT
Street Address
1500 Lake St E
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407-1720
Phone
(612) 721-2535
Email
execdir@hobt.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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