Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Seifert and a team of theater artists will join with residents of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to create and perform The Ruby Slippers Project, an original work about the effects of a high-profile theft from the Judy Garland Museum.
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.
Jeffrey Bleam: Associate professor of costume design and directing, Saint Cloud State University; Julia Gay: Actor, dancer, playwright, and comedian; Rachel Haider: Performing arts manager, Northfield Arts Guild; founder and director, Purple Door Youth Theater program; Paul Herwig: Coartistic director, Off-Leash Area; Arts Board grantee; Rebecca Meyer-Larson: Theater arts, language arts and speech communications teacher, Moorhead High School; William Nour: Playwright; Arts Board grantee; Fathimath Eliza Rasheed: Multidisciplinary performance artist; director of school theater program; Arts Board grantee; Benjamin Thietje: Cofounder and coartistic director of DalekoArts in New Prague
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesotans will have practice developing a theatrical narrative based on an important event in their community. Participants who perform in RUBY SLIPPERS will fill out an evaluation form that will indicate the skills they developed while devising an original performance based on a community event. We will also hold a debriefing for local artists. 2: Professional and community artists will unite to share skills in creating an original production. Audiences who attend the show will complete surveys about their experience of watching a theatrical event based on an occurrence that happened within their community.
Minnesotans will have practice developing a theatrical narrative based on an important event in their community. Participants who performed in RUBY SLIPPERS filled out an evaluation form that indicated the skills they developed while devising. We also held an informal debrief with the collaborators following the event. 2: Professional and community artists will unite to share skills in creating an original production. Audiences who attend the show participated in an informal talk back following the performance. Approximately 55 audience members stayed for the 30 minute discussion.
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