The Circus is Coming!

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$346
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2014
End Date
May 2014
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Sibley
Sibley
Project Overview
This year we would like to offer a teaser event to our Summer Reading Program with Sibley East art teacher Amanda Feterl. She is volunteering her time to lead an art workshop after school for 3rd and 4th graders. The students will learn about Pointillism and the work of Georges Seurat, a neoimpressionist painter who captured the circus and other leisure activities in his paintings. These topics supplement Sibley East's art curriculum and the workshop will be open to children who attend all local schools. The students will produce paintings using the pointillist style with a circus theme, which we will exhibit in the library to build up excitement for our summer theme and programs.
Project Details
7 participated
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$346
Other Funds Leveraged
$200
Direct expenses
$546
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our summer reading program will encourage kids and teens to think of reading as fun and
adventurous, and encourage all patrons to see the library as a place that offers a wide welcome.
By show of hands we will determine: 90% of the participants will have fun at the library, 50% of the participants will learn something new, 50% of the participants will want to learn more about the subject, 70% of the participants will want to come back to the library for more programs.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We had 7 students participate in the art class. They were all very excited as they were all here early and waiting for the class to start. Some had never heard of pointillist style painting before, and thought it was really fun to do. The teacher drew four circus-themed pictures that were divided onto four different canvases. Then when you put the four
canvases together you got the one picture. Each student was able to complete two canvases. They were all excited and wanted to know when the paintings would be hung up and for how long, when they left the class. All the children had fun, they all learned something new about art, some asked if we were going to do another art class
again, and all of them have come back for other programs here at the library.

Project Manager
First Name
Dayle
Last Name
Zelenka
Organization Name
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative
Street Address
1400 Madison Avenue, Suite 622
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56002
Phone
(507)625-6169
Email
dzelen@tds.lib.mn.us
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200