Arts Access
Arts Access
20% Theatre Company will work to center LGBTQ person of color (POC) artists by increasing access to theatrical jobs and paid production opportunities, as well as establishing an advisory committee to help the organization better serve POC artists.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Heather Allen: Program officer, Central Minnesota Arts Board; Adam Courville: St Paul Public Schools fund development and grant management; Robert Kern: Photographer; Arts Board grantee; Rupa Nair: Dancer with Katha Dance Theatre; cost controls specialist with construction company Weston Solutions; Mónica Segura-Schwartz: Board member, GREAT Theatre, Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, St Cloud School District
ACHF Arts Access
Queer and trans artists of color (QTPOC) will develop hands-on skills in areas of professional theatre through 20% Theatre's 2019 Apprentice Program. Apprentices will set goals with their mentors and be evaluated throughout the program. They will also have written documentation (journal) of their learning and growth from throughout their individual projects. 2: 20% will center QTPOC artists and grow as an artistic home for QTPOC Minnesotans. We will hire POC artists to serve on an advisory committee to help 20% Theatre become a more equitable company.
Queer and trans artists of color (QTPOC) developed hands-on skills in areas of professional theatre through 20% Theatre's 2019 Apprentice Program. Apprentices set/reviewed goals and kept journals of their learning and growth from throughout their individual projects; and completed anonymous survey re: personal experience and skills learned, plus comfort in professional theater setting. 2: 20% Theatre centered QTPOC artists and grew as an artistic home for QTPOC Minnesotans. Staff, board, and POC artist committee reviewed and discussed overall community/atmosphere change for the organization following a successful year of centering QTPOC artists in our work.
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