Minnesota Festival Support
Minnesota Festival Support
Bollywood Dance Scene will present MinneUtsav: a South Asian Performing Arts Festival for all ages, featuring a Bollywood dance drama, dance shows, music, comedy, dance/acting workshops, and a fashion show, in a spirit of relentless social positivity.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Fiona Avocado: Artist, educator, organizer, and writer; Michelle Gratton: Jewelry artist; board chair, Two Harbors Area Arts & Events; Stephen Manuszak: Program director, Arts Midwest; Tabitha Montgomery: Executive director, Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association; Xinyi Qian: Tourism specialist and extension educator, University of Minnesota; Craig Samborski: President and owner of Draw Events, producer of Tall Ship Festivals; Joseph Scapanski: Board member, Benton County Fair and Minnesota State Fair
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Performers from at least two South Asian nations will present 10+ arts traditions while developing a sense of belonging to the larger Minnesota community. Performers will complete a survey before and after their participation that gauges their feeling of comfort and connection with greater MN. Ethnicity and art form data of artists will be collected from all organizations at MinneUtsav. 2: Attendees of the performing arts festival will be more likely to attend future South Asian cultural and arts events and/or join a class. We will survey attendees as they leave festival events to find out if they are more likely to attend a South Asian event and if they are likely to return to the venue where programming took place.
Comparing our pre and post-festival artist survey intake there was a 9% increase in feelings of integration to Minnesota. An initial survey before rehearsals to gather ethnicity, artistic talents, how long they have lived in Minnesota, and questions like, 'How integrated do you feel in Minnesota?'. post-festival the same survey to compare the impact of our events. 2: 95% of first time audience members for our community reported they would be attend another South Asian cultural arts event. After performances of Home Sweet Ghar we distributed paper surveys to all our audience members. For our other festival events we sent out a digital survey via email for participants to respond.
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