Arts Learning

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$24,085

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Lyric Arts Company of Anoka, Inc. AKA Lyric Arts Main Street Stage

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2015

End Date

August 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Anoka

Hennepin

Ramsey

Sherburne

Washington

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Lyric Arts Main Street Stage will establish Praxis, a student company for ages fourteen to twenty-one, that provides mentorship and training in theatrical production including performance, design, promotion, and management.

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

$24,085

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,952

Direct expenses

$27,037

Administration costs

$390

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The company members will demonstrate increased confidence in their own artistic voice and their ability to express that voice through theater. With input from family focus groups, we will develop a logic model for each outcome with specific indicators monitored through student portfolios as well as audience and participant surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Mentored variety of theatrical disciplines Students collectively designed and executed a fully realized production with public performances. Open-ended questions in the pre-and post-project surveys were designed to encourage students to reflect on their experiences and to identify what they were learning though the program. The production provided students with the opportunity to apply what they had learned in an authentic, very real-world task and was clearly the culmination of weeks of hard and smart work.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Olivia Bastian, Julia Schmidt, Jerry Horazdovsky, Borgie Bonthuis, Bill Ambrose, Lin Schmidt, Laura Tahja Johnson, Tracey Jeffrey, Becky White

Project Manager

Sharon

Broscha

Lyric Arts Company of Anoka, Inc. AKA Lyric Arts Main Street Stage

420 Main St E

Anoka

55303

(763) 433-2510