Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2011
End Date
January 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
The Dancing Heart program
Project Details
Funding to provide two ten-week sessions of The Dancing Heart program led by Kairos Dance Theatre from October 2011 through February 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Scott Swanson: Arts Activities Support, River Valley Theatre Company; Alan Berks: Playwright, Communications Director, Pillsbury House Theater; Sunny Chanthanouvong: Executive Director, Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota; Heather Everhart: Arts Activities, Program Assistant, Arts Midwest; Adam Napoli-Rangel: music recording producer; Eve Wolf: Visual artist; Emily Zimmer: Teaching artist, Children's Theatre Company; Patty Zurlo: Professor of Arts Management, Saint Mary's University, Attorney.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,967
Direct expenses
$16,967
Administration costs
$10,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To improve the quality of life for older adults with disabilities through participation in the arts; to increase participants' knowledge, skills, and appreciation of dance.Pre-and post-assessments; participant and staff feedback.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The majority of respondents reported increased physical health; over one-third reported an increase in mood level; respondents, overall, reported an increase in social activities; majority of repsondents reported an increased skill level in dance and stor
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Robyn Hansen, Barbara Roy, Maria Gomez, Gary Christensen, Alex Cirillo, Jr., Fred Harris, Jr., Elizabeth Kiernat, Mike Monahan, James Steiner, Xoua Thao, Joan Thompson, Ann Wynia
Project Manager
First Name
Leah
Last Name
Driscoll
Organization Name
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Street Address
451 Lexington Pkwy N
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
(651) 280-2000
Email
leah.driscoll@wilder.org
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