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2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Children's Theatre Company and School AKA Children's Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
February 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
The Children's Theatre Company will mitigate barriers to arts learning for children ages two through five, and their classroom teachers, through Early Bridges, a program of theater arts learning to take place at child care and preschool sites serving low-
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
Yes
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
$150,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,876
Direct expenses
$152,876
Administration costs
$10,126
Number of full time equivalents funded
1.84
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Arts learning opportunities are more accessible to Minnesota because barriers to participation have been identified and mitigated.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Children's Theatre Company made arts learning opportunities more accessible to 499 early learners and 318 adults during the grant period. Per the results of our evaluation by the Center for Early Education and Development, students in Early Bridges had significantly higher scores in several arts learning competencies related to storytelling, including vocal intonation, creativity, and retelling their story. Center for Early Education and Development evaluated these outcomes by videotaping students, transcribing the tapes, and coding the transcripts using research-based tools. The extent to which arts learning opportunities were made more accessible to teachers was also measured. For this outcome, Center for Early Education and Development looked at the degree to which teachers integrated theatre arts skills into their practices. Our results indicate that teachers showed some increases in the depth of their post-read-aloud activities, using Early Bridges strategies to ask relevant and analytical questions about the story.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Lynn Abbott, Tony Abena, Stefanie Adams, Mary Beattie, Ellen Bendel-Stenzel, Michael Blum, Renee Burke, Morgan Burns, Barbara Burwell, Jim Carlson, Peter Carter, Y. Ralph Chu, Rusty Cohen, Fran Davis, Eve Deikel, Mary Jo Emfield, David Etzweiler, Michael Fanuele, G. Bryan Fleming, Scott Friesan, Gina Gage, Rajiv Garg, Lili Hall, Jeffrey Hatcher, Sandy Hey, Carrie Higgins, Hoyt Hsiao, Doug Jaeger, Bill Johnson, Christine Kalla, Suzi Kim, Helen Kurtz, Ed Lagerstrom, Chad Larsen, Sarena Lin, Muffy MacMillan, Aedie McEvoy, George Montague, JoAnne Pastel, Lisa Saul Paylor, J.P. Peltier, Ellen Perl, Mark Price, Randy Ross, Betsy Russomano, Sam Salas, Todd Sheldon, Tara Sutton, Jeanne Sween, George Tyson, Dave VanBenschoten, Pat Vayda, Jeff von Gillern, Patrick B. Walsh, Barb Wigley, Leslie Wright, Mary Lou Dasberg, Topsy Simonson
Project Manager
First Name
Katherine
Last Name
Duffy
Organization Name
The Children's Theatre Company and School AKA Children's Theatre Company
Street Address
2400 3rd Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55404-3506
Phone
(612) 874-0500
Email
kduffy@childrenstheatre.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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msab@arts.state.mn.us
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