Arts in Education Residency
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rachel A. Nelson
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2013
End Date
May 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Lake
Project Overview
Arts in Education Residency
Project Details
Six weeks of oral story activities around major narrative story elements, six weeks of oral story activities linked to weekly written story prompts and 2-3 weeks of revising, editing and illustrating final story book project.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: orchestra conductor, cellist, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor North House Folk School, Grand Marais; Ken Bloom: Director Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator, instructor North House Folk School, Grand Marais; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: Masters of Art in English and American Literature, actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator, MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Josh Aerie: orchestra conductor, cellist, college music instructor; Nancy Daley: hand made paper maker, instructor North House Folk School, Grand Marais; Ken Bloom: Director Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Jeff Adams: published playwright, Founder and Director of Ice Box Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator, instructor North House Folk School; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: Masters of Art in English and American Literature, actor, theater reviewer, musician; Victoria Olson: stage and radio theater actor, instrumentalist, accompanist, speech judge; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Whitley Mike: Communications and Media Arts Major, College of Saint Scholastica; Ashley Kolka: Project Coordinator, MacRostie Art Center, visual artist, writer; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2013 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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$9,800
Direct expenses
$14,800
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Emergent 3rd grade writers learn and practice the bones of narrative creation orally through storytelling activities, and translate this knowledge into written practice by writing original stories. Students can identify and use story structure, character, setting, concrete sensory description, action, and plot sequence in oral story work.Weekly check-ins, comparing written notes and adjusting future lesson plans by needs, weekly group meetings and debriefings, end of residency student questionnaires on attitudes toward reading and writing, teaching artist evaluation sessions.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Students' final stories showed vast improvement to teachers, mentors and parents.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Project Manager
First Name
Rachel
Last Name
Nelson
Organization Name
Rachel A. Nelson
State
MN
Phone
(651) 353-3370
Email
bardlive@gmail.com
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