Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pan Asian Arts Alliance
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
June 2014
End Date
December 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for A Place to Call Home, a project for Hmong youth ages 14-17 to use traditional and digital animation to tell personal stories and to voice their concerns in the Hmong community. The project will begin in June 2014 and run through the 2014-2015 school year.
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
Jo Ann Hendricks: Administration, Education, Finance; Jackie Johnston: Education, Community Education, Administration; Ann Godfrey: Administration, Artistic; Josh Wise: Administration; Kris Sorensen: Administration, Youth Programming, Education; Stacey Dahlstrom: Community Education, Youth Programming, Administration; Andrea Tonsfeldt: Artistic, Audience Development; Alan Post: Education.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,000
Direct expenses
$16,000
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Project Success will evaluate participants through surveys and audience feedback to validate the experience. Besides the successful learning, SUCCESS is measured also at the Youth Development Level by focusing and emphasizing who they are individually and collectively, celebrating the assets they already have (such as: cultural pride) and what they are talented with. In addition, cultivating youth as resources by building/honing their skills – technical, communicative, and interpretive – in order to empower their voices and concerns. Besides teaching/learning/sharing circles, youth will have the opportunity to exhibit their own creation of animation, in conjunction what they have learnt, and support their creative and conceptual skill development in order to create a better future for Hmong community as a whole, and ultimately society at large.The Process Evaluation measures the success of the process, and the Outcome Evaluation focuses on behavioral changes among participants, such as their impulse to speak up and to be heard, and is measured through: Artistically, Financially, and Experientially. The Project Success will evaluate participants through surveys and audience feedback to validate the experience. SUCCESS is measured also at the Youth Development Level by focusing and emphasizing who they are individually and collectively, celebrating the assets they already have (such as: cultural pride) and what they are talented with. In addition, cultivating youth as resources by building/honing their skills – technical, communicative, and interpretive – in order to empower their voices and concerns. Youth will have the opportunity to exhibit their own creation of animation, in conjunction what they have learnt, and support their creative and conceptual skill development.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Linda Hashimoto, Ange Hwang, Dao Lan, Shen, Pei, MinhPhuoc Tran, Thuy Nguyen-Tran, Hai Nguyen-Tran, Iny Xiong, Huanru Zhang
Project Manager
First Name
See
Last Name
Xiong
Organization Name
Pan Asian Arts Alliance
Street Address
1541 Barclay St
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55106
Phone
(763) 354-0251
Email
paaa@amamedia.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency