Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Somali Museum Mobile Culture Show
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayala: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Vice President for Advancement; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of MN Founder and Executive Director; See More Perspective: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach St. Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter, LLP Attorney; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Deanna StandingCloud: Tiwahe Foundation Program and Community Network Director; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade: Stage Technical Designer and Director.
Alyssa Anderson: Artistic, Audience Development, Marketing, General Administration; Anitra Budd: Artistic, Education, General Administration; Audrey Park: Community Education, General Administration, Audience Development, Marketing; Loren Niemi: General Management, Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development, Planning; Maggy Otte: Organizational Development, Artistic, Fundraising; Natalie Wass: Artistic, Volunteerism, Education; Robyne Robinson: Artistic, General Administration.
ACHF Cultural Heritage
The Somali Museum will present a Mobile Culture Show at 10 project sites between June 28, 2018 and December 31, 2018. We aim to increase access to works of Somali traditional art, which has previously been unavailable in the Twin Cities metro, to the Somali community and to use engagement with Somali art as a catalyst for community-building and cultural education within the Somali and non-Somali communities. Success of this project will be measured by ongoing demand for classes, as documented by participation numbers and qualitative feedback; through evaluative interviews with select participants as well as instructors carried out by a pro bono evaluation consultant; and by oversight by cultural experts.
We presented the Mobile Culture Show at 13 venues around the Twin Cities, engaging 1,045 individuals (incl. 470 youth/children) in an interaction with Somali art. Youth who had never studied their traditions immersed themselves in cultural arts, and proudly shared with youth of other backgrounds. Public employees and adults of diverse backgrounds gained understanding about their Somali neighbors.
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