Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$66,088
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
CLIMB Theatre, Inc. AKA CLIMB Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
December 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
CLIMB Theatre accesses 345 new Minnesotans through English learning programs, engaging them in theater activities that develop appreciation for the art form and help them communicate better in English.
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
Yvonne Cory: Storyteller and textile artist, marketing representative, Faribault County Fair, career and technical instructor, Blue Earth high school; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Venessa Fuentes: Philanthropy writer at Project for Pride in Living, poet; Sandra Gillespie: Visual artist, online writing instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage, former program director, Alaska State Arts Council; Gabriel Green: Founder and executive director, Wolffe Cultural Center, Duluth, founder and senior pastor, Church of Restoration Twin Ports; Paul Robinson: Senior community leadership consultant for the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$66,088
Other Funds Leveraged
$7,540
Direct expenses
$73,628
Administration costs
$14,786
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.07
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

95% of Learning in Style, Neighborhood House, and Osseo Adult Basic Education staff want to maintain a relationship with CLIMB. Site staff do a final evaluation that asks: Would you like your center to maintain a relationship with CLIMB? If yes why, if no why not. 2: New Minnesotans experience a reduction in the intensity/number of barriers that keep them from participating in the arts. Pre surveys say, I can’t see a play because… This is completed by checking options like: Plays are only for the rich/My English isn’t good enough. Post surveys compare to pre to see if barriers reduce.

Measurable Outcome(s)

100% of Learning in Style, Neighborhood House, and Osseo Adult Basic Education staff want to maintain a relationship with CLIMB. Teachers were given final evaluations asking them if they wished to continue a partnership with CLIMB. If 95% or more of teachers said yes on these evaluations. Teachers filled out daily evaluations to maintain the quality of the program and partnership. The AEs and the Producer of Excellence in Teaching reviewed these daily evaluations after each session. Lastly, a mid-way meeting was set with our primary partner, Learning In Style to evaluate the partnership and our progress toward goals. 2: Pre-surveys identify theatre participation barriers of: cost, time, and language. Post surveys show that these barriers were reduced. Learning in Style participants were surveyed prior to the project to determine what barriers kept them from participating in theatre. Students identified barriers of cost, time, and English proficiency. After project completion, participants were surveyed to determine if the identified barriers had been reduced. CLIMB considered outcome met if 95% of surveys at least two barriers were reduced. Due to English level, some of were surveyed verbally, and some completed paper surveys.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
James Gambone, Representative Joseph Atkins, Bonnie Matson, Milan Mockovak, James Olney, William Partlan, Christine Walsh, Peg Wetli
Project Manager
First Name
Lauren
Last Name
Diesch
Organization Name
CLIMB Theatre, Inc. AKA CLIMB Theatre
Street Address
6415 Carmen Ave E
City
Inver Grove Heights
State
MN
Zip Code
55076
Phone
(651) 453-9275x 22
Email
lauren@climb.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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