Arts Activities Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,996

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Southside Family Nurturing Center

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for Arts in Action, a free community-based arts program offered to center families in partnership with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre and Open Eye Figure Theatre. The project will include classroom activities, workshops and performances beginning in September 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peter Rachleff: Administration, Community Service; Sarah Borger: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Development; LaDonna Morrison: Finance, Administration, Organizational Planning; Stacy Stanley: Artistic; Delta Giordano: Artistic, Volunteerism, Education; Jessica Huang: Artistic, Fundraising, Community Education; Julia Barlow: Fundraising, Administration, Artistic; Judy Garza: Fundraising.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,996

Other Funds Leveraged

$6,502

Direct expenses

$13,498

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Sixty adults and forty children will participate in either classroom arts activities or arts performances and workshops. Seventy-five percent of children will make a puppet or other piece of art and use it in a play setting.Staff members will maintain attendance records for all events and class days when arts activities take place in order to report participant count. Teachers will report on children's use of puppets or art pieces based on their observations.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Throughout 2014-2015 Arts in Action, 46 children and 25 adults participated in at least one classroom arts activity or attended at least one puppet show and arts workshop. The average attendance at the puppet shows was 10 families. All children enrolled in Southside Family Nurturing Center's toddler and preschool classrooms participated, as well as children enrolled in Home Based Services and siblings of enrolled children.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Curt Fernandez, David Gapen, Maria Lopez, Sean Marshall, Joy Shealer Orson, Kimberly Stephan, Amy Lash Esau, Molly O'Hara

Project Manager

Julia

Miller

Southside Family Nurturing Center

2448 18th Ave S

Minneapolis

55404-4006