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2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,150
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The History Theatre, Inc. AKA History Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2015
End Date
August 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
History Theatre will offer residencies for underserved youth and older adults, guided by professional teaching artists, to create works based on participants’ own lived experiences and stories.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Camilla Berry: Practicing artist with nursing and education credentials; Kristina Bigalk: Poet; director of creative writing, Normandale Community College; Micahel Burgraff: Executive director, Fergus Falls: A Center for the Arts; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Robert Gardner: Artistic director, Minnesota Ballet; Barry Kleider: Photographer, visual artist and teaching artist; Andrea Stanislav: Contemporary visual artist; associate professor of art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,150
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,423
Direct expenses
$38,573
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Underserved older adults and youth find personal voice and learn elements of playwriting and acting by creating scripts and stories from life experience. Through surveys, interviews, focus groups involving residency participants, educators and community partners.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Six arts residencies took place during the project period; four for youth serving 150 students and two for older adults, serving 40 participants. A mixed methods approach was employed for evaluating the art residencies using both qualitative and quantitative data gathering strategies. Participants completed a survey, teachers completed an online survey, and the evaluation consultant observed three different sessions during the residencies. The evaluation consultant worked with the History Theatre staff to develop an evaluation plan and data collection methods. She compiled the results and shared them with the staff.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
MELISSA M. MULLOY, GENE MERRIAM, TYLER ZEHRING, ROGER BROOKS, JOHN APITZ, CANDACE CAMPBELL, GEORGE DOW, WAYNE HAMILTON, JILLIAN HOFFMAN, SUSAN KIMBERLY, GENE LINK, CHERYL L. MOORE, JEFFREY PETERSON, KEN PETERSON, JAMES ROLLWAGEN, JOHN SEBASTIAN, CHARLES A. SLOCUM, PONDIE NICHOLSON TAYLOR
Project Manager
First Name
Martha
Last Name
West
Organization Name
The History Theatre, Inc. AKA History Theatre
Street Address
30 10th St E
City
St Paul
State
MN
Phone
(651) 292-4321
Email
mwest@historytheatre.com
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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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