Grant Application for
Crooked Tree Arts Council, Inc., DBA Crooked Tree Arts Center
Mission Statement:
Crooked Tree Arts Center (CTAC) has the mission of inspiring and enriching lives through the arts. Serving the community for 50 years the community center provides arts programming for all ages to learn, engage, explore, critique, discuss, and discover. CTAC advances its mission through rotating exhibits, performances, lectures, classes, workshops, summer art camps, film screenings, and festivals to over 250,000 residents throughout northwest lower Michigan. Specifically, CTAC’s School of Ballet classes for children and young adults is a cornerstone of arts education programming and is the only non-profit charitable fine art dance program in Emmet County. As with all the arts programs offered by CTAC, the dance program fulfills a great need in Emmet County where minimal arts programs are available. The population of northern Michigan relies on CTAC to provide high quality arts experiences a community needs to grow and prosper.
Fiscal agent if applicant is not tax exempt:
Tax ID Number:
23-7187264
Contact First Name:
Contact Last Name:
Megan
DeWindt
Address:
461 E. Mitchell Street
Email:
Phone Number:
231-347-4337
Website:
Project Name:
CTAC School of Ballet: Technology for Screendance Program
Project start and end dates:
September 1, 2021
August 31, 2022
Amount Requested:
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4000
Project Description:
As a result of the pandemic, CTAC School of Ballet students became their own choreographers, performers, editors, and artistic directors through their screendance studies. Screendance is a genre of dance wherein the choreography is created especially to be filmed, and the dance is completed in the camera and editing room. CTAC's first screendance, "Nutcracker 2020," was a full-length production enjoyed by over 1,000 viewers from across the nation from the safety of their homes via a paywall. This production piqued student interest, resulting in an overwhelming request for further study in this artform. CTAC seeks funding to purchase video and editing equipment including a MacBook Pro laptop, high resolution monitor, and video camera necessary to launch a formal screendance program. The program will provide additional creative opportunities for our students, mainly girls and young women, to learn new skills that may lead to career choices in technical fields.
Goal of the Project
How many people will you reach?
150
What percentage are female?
98
If your program serves both males and females, how will Hestia funds specifically target women and girls?
While the School of Ballet offers instruction to both girls and boys, by nature, the target audience for the ballet program is girls ages 4 to 18. In fact, in a typical year, it is necessary to recruit two to four male students to train alongside female dancers and fulfill roles in productions.
How are recipients identified or selected to receive services? Is financial need considered?
Annually, CTAC provides dance instruction to more than 150 children and young adults in Charlevoix and Emmet Counties. Beginner and intermediate dance classes provide open enrollment, high quality instruction with at least two opportunities for students to perform. Our nationally known Pre-Professional Program, by audition only, requires a dedication to ballet and offers a challenging curriculum.
In an effort to create an accessible and affordable program, CTAC offers half price tuition for each class beyond the first class each semester to all School of Ballet students. CTAC also offers $55,000 annually in needs-based scholarships across our programs, including up to 95% tuition assistance for dance instruction. Approximately 40% of our dance students receive tuition assistance and all pre-professional dancers receive financial support for summer programs. Of the dancers receiving tuition assistance, more than half have an adjusted household income of less than $30,000.
What do you hope to achieve? What difference will this make in the lives of women and girls?
How will this project meet Hestia's mission statement?
Beyond the physical benefits of ballet instruction, students enrolled in the School of Ballet gain increased self-confidence, concentration, self-discipline, musicality, and teamwork. From the addition of a screendance program, students will attain a greater understanding of potential career paths in film, technology, and dance; increased opportunity in the workforce; and a developed appreciation for this quickly growing artform.
The technology of screendance allows students to participate in innovative education that would otherwise be unavailable to them due to distance or cost considerations. Most significantly, the screendance program will introduce and give girls and young women a significant head start toward potential career paths that are otherwise introduced at the college level including, filming, video and sound editing, marketing, composition, content, communication, and choreography.
The screendance program will promote economic self-sufficiency and well being for women and girls by giving them access and confidence to explore creative and technical career opportunities.
How will you evaluate or measure your success:
The success of the program will be measured by:
-Program enrollment and tuition revenue.
-Program engagement through viewership/ticket sales.
-Student and viewer surveys and feedback.
-Student outcomes, including acceptance into collegiate-level dance programs and employment in technology related fields.
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