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2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,914
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2012
End Date
February 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities will offer seventeen high quality arts learning programs by thirteen skilled teaching artists to engage over 500 Club members to become lifelong learners in the arts.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., 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., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Benjamin Klipfel, 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., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Terrell Beaudry: Director of choral activities, Elk River High School. Director of music, Presentation Catholic Church. Tenor, Cirque du Soleil.; Loretta Bebeau: Art educator; Karen Bendtsen: Special education teacher, Intermediate School District 287.; Joanna Cortright: Music and arts education consultant. Developer, Kinder Konzerts (WAMSO), and Star the Music (SPCO).; Phyllis Doyle: Managing director, Mixed Blood Theatre.; Renee King: Vice president, East Central Minnesota Chorale. Arts educator and administrator.; Denise Kulawik: Senior development consultant and screenwriter.; Nicole Selmer: Artist and educator in papermaking, printmaking, and bookmaking.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,914
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$43,914
Administration costs
$205
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Arts learning opportunities are more accessible to Minnesota because barriers to participation have been identified and mitigated. More Minnesotans are engaged in arts learning opportunities.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Nineteen quality arts programs were offered by 14 teaching artists to a total of 572 participants ages 5-18. Evaluation tools used include tracking participant attendance at each session and a participant survey at the end of each arts program. 272 participant surveys were completed. Additionally, teaching artists were requested to take a survey in which three surveys were completed/returned. 2: Nineteen quality arts programs were offered by 14 teaching artists to a total of 572 Minnesotans ages 5-18. Evaluation tools used include tracking participant attendance at each session and a participant survey at the end of each arts program. As a result of this grant opportunity, 572 youth participated in arts programs that would otherwise not been offered. Participant attendance was taken at each session. Club staff recorded member participation on a sign in form at each session and then entered the data on the Clubs' member tracking software KidTrax to determine frequency of attendance.

Description of Funds
Recipient Board Members
Diane Taylor, David Gale, Don Johnson, Bryan Donaldson, Jim Franklin, Dan Kueppers, Mike Martiny, Suzanne Dowd Zeller, Beverly Johnson Anderson, Connie Apple, Chuck Armstrong, Alfrieda Baldwin, Kevin Berg, Paul Berg, John Bergstrom, Carrie Dahl, Mike Dimond, Allen Lenzmeier, Rob Loftus, Todd Phelps, Irene Quarshie, Eric Rangen, Tom Ries, Rich Stanek, Mark Stonacek, Greg Thorsen
Project Manager
First Name
Susan
Last Name
Lundin
Organization Name
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities
Street Address
690 Jackson St
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55130
Phone
(651) 200-4114
Email
slundin@boysandgirls.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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