Arts Learning

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$20,685

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Folwell Performing Arts Magnet

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2015

End Date

October 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Folwell School third through sixth grade students will learn and perform cultural dance through multiple Curio Dance residencies. Workshops will culminate in student and artist performances and community events.

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; 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; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Alyssa Baguss: Arts programming coordinator, Three Rivers Park District/Silverwood Park; visual artist; Scott Bean: Retired elementary art teacher; practicing artist; David Beard: Associate professor of rhetoric, writing studies department, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Jeffrey Bleam: Chair, department of theatre and film studies, Saint Cloud State University; Joan Eisenreich: Retired director, Mankato Public Schools Community Education and Recreation program; Robert Ouren, Dr.: Retired music educator

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

$20,685

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,806

Direct expenses

$23,491

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

This dance residency will increase culturally relevant opportunities for students. Students will learn, dance and teach others Latin dance forms. This project will be evaluated through student participation, performance, understanding and student response to artist’s performance. Community engagement will be facilitated and tracked.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The dance residency increased culturally relevant opportunities for students at Folwell. Students learned, danced and taught others Latin dance forms. Evaluation methods included counting the people and families that attended dance events and comparing that with the number of families who attended those events the previous year. The number of students who performed in school dance events was also compared with the previous year. Parent interviews and student responses were included in evaluation. Finally, the arts coordinator's observation of Folwell's dance teachers’ changes in this year's curriculum indicated success in the project outcome.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jenny Arneson, Kim Ellison, Rebecca Gagnon, Josh Reimnitz, Said Ali, Tracine Asbury, Carla Bates, Nelson Inz, Don Samuels, Shaadia Munye

Project Manager

Gabrielle

Bliss

Folwell Performing Arts Magnet

1250 Broadway Ave W

Minneapolis

55407