Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
DENIM, a new play about America
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.
Amy Dillahunt: Fundraising, General Administration, Organizational Development; Anne Adabra: Artistic, Education; Diana Johnson, Education, Youth Programming; Jenn Marshall: Education, Artistic, General Management, Administration; Jenny Moeller: Artistic, General Administration, Education; Maria Lopez: Organizational Development, Fundraising, Community Service, Development; Nimo Farah: Community Education, Artistic, Organizational Development; Teresa Audet: Artistic, Organizational Development, Education.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Kathy Mouacheupao (651) 523-6390
ACHF Arts Access
GOAL: To develop a high-quality production about denim jeans with a diverse and inter-generational creative team that creates space for conversation about the history and current state of American Democracy. INDICATORS: In post-performance evaluation surveys and informal conversations, majority of audience members describe their experience of DENIM as positive and engage in nuanced and meaningful conversations about the themes of the work. They describe feeling interested in and challenged by the material. 1000-1600 audience members attend the production. GOAL: To provide an artistic experience in which artists involved are integral and invested INDICATORS: Majority of Artists describe their experience as positive, rigorous, affirming and artistically fulfilling. Artists also express interest in continuing work with Theatre Novi Most. Completing a production in the black, as we have historically, is also a marker of success for us. Evaluation: Audience members are invited to fill out surveys including demographic data and questions about the work. Theatre Novi Most also actively engages audience members through formal and informal conversations about the work. There will be discussions with the audiences following all performances of DENIM. Evaluation: Artists are invited to an honest conversation about the process and the show called a "debrief" following the final performance and are invited to share their experiences which will be written down and noted.
We had a goal "to develop a high-quality production about denim jeans with a diverse and inter-generational creative team that creates space for conversation about the history and current state of American Democracy" and as mentioned above, we did this. The artists working on this project said it was fulfilling beyond expectations. We also intended to reach 1000 + as audience. We reached 982.
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