Arts Learning

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$35,460

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Intermediate School District 287

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2015

End Date

May 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

The hip-hop arts residency will engage elementary students with disabilities from District 287 to create and perform using spoken word, music creation, dance, and visual arts elements of hip-hop with COMPAS teaching artists.

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

Akosua Addo, Dr.: Associate professor of music, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Alison Good: Former commercial artist, educator and administrator; active community volunteer; Robert Gurrola: Attorney; digital media producer and music composer; music educator; Diana Joseph: Author; associate professor of English at Minnesota State University Mankato; Peter Spooner: Former curator, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth; Yang Yang: Visual artist; program assistant, Saint Paul Public Schools

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

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

$35,460

Other Funds Leveraged

$3,940

Direct expenses

$39,400

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Student barriers to arts participation due to disability and placement in specialized school settings will be mitigated. Project staff will count numbers of students participating and survey teachers on degree of inclusion and improved access to arts learning.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Staff and students were surveyed on their degree of inclusion and interest. This was measured by the willingness of students to participate. Staff and students were polled on their willingness to engage in the residencies. Staff reported few, if any, who refused to participate. The response from both the educational team and the accomplishments of the students were verbally expressed to building administration. All staff involved were willing to accommodate normal routines to adjust to the artists' schedules. Artists demonstrated success in adapting their curriculum to the needs of the students with the assistance of the special education staff.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Paul

Sterlacci

Intermediate School District 287

1820 Xenium Ln N

Plymouth

55441

(763) 550-7380

PSterlacci@District287.org

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