Arts Learning

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Studio 206

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2014

End Date

July 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Funding for Train at 206/ Physical Theatre Summer Intensive, a series of workshops in physical approaches to performance creation. The Summer Intensive will run from June 9-27, 2014 at Studio 206 in the Ivy Building in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis.

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 Education

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$9,500

Direct expenses

$19,500

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The three week intensive will offer 20 performing artists the opportunity to train and build essential performance instincts in the art of physical theatre with 3 professional teaching artist.Upon completion, all participants will be asked to submit a one page written reflection/evaluation that discusses their experience, the value of the time to them as artists and their thoughts on where they might go from this point in their training and wo

Measurable Outcome(s)

Fourteen performing artists reported that they gained greater understanding of physical theatre by learning how to use their physical impulses as an accessible tool in the creation of character, and how to integrate physical choices into the creation of performance.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Robert Rosen, Kathy Culley, Sarah Duniway, George Ingebrand, Shawn McConneloug

Project Manager

Shawn

McConneloug

Studio 206

2637 27th Ave S Ivy Bldg Ste 206

Minneapolis

55406