Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Reality Roadshow: Bringing a new production by zAmya Theater Project to Itasca County to challenge perceptions of homelessness by both homeless and housed members of our community.
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Duane Barnhart: watercolor painter, cartoonist; Mary McReynolds: arts administrator at Lyric Center for the Arts; Chris Marcotte: retired social worker, historian, writer; Maria Brown: art instructor and program coordinator at CHOICE, unlimited!; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goals of this project are to present two theater performances to audiences in Itasca County to inspire homeless and housed members of our community to think differently about what it means to be homeless and the challenges faced by individuals and families seeking stable housing. This project is also interested in specifically challenging perceptions of people who have a criminal record while highlighting the additional burden a criminal record can place on people looking for housing, employment, and reentry into society. We will track attendance at both presentations of Reality Roadshow" to measure effectiveness in reaching a broad audience. We will also record discussion during the Question and Answer sessions following each performance and conduct short written surveys of attendees to measure changes in attitudes or perceptions."
Through this project we presented two theater performances of "Reality Roadshow: We Are All Criminals Edition" to audiences in Itasca County that shared a message to homeless and housed members of our community to think differently about what it means to be homeless and the challenges faced by individuals and families seeking stable housing. These performances also specifically challenged perceptions about people who have a criminal record while highlighting the additional burden a criminal record can place on people looking for housing, employment, and reentry into society. Our project had an estimated audience of 300 people for this live theater performance.
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