Minnesota Festival Support
Minnesota Festival Support
Minneapolis Park and Recreation will present the Minneapolis Monarch Festival or Festival de la Monarca, which celebrates the monarch butterflies' 2,300-mile migration from Minnesota to Mexico with music, art, monarchs, education, food, plants, and more.
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.
Nicole Duxbury: ; Laura Helle: Executive director, Austin Area Commission for the Arts; Seth Kaempfer: Director of St Cloud State LGBT Resource Center, organizer of St Cloud Pride; Angelica Linder: Outreach coordinator, Northfield Public Library; Karen Quiroz: Professional vocalist, Brazilian music; Iris Shiraishi: Composer, musician, and educator; founder of ensemble-MA for TaikoArts Midwest; Jon Skaalen: Access programs coordinator for VSA Minnesota
ACHF Cultural Heritage
50% of the Festival's visual artists will be Latinx and have a positive experience. A bilingual evaluation as part of a communal meal with visual artists will provide quantitative and qualitative information including numbers, quality of the event and experience, what to improve, and how to achieve that.
30% of the primary visual artists were Latinx and they all had a positive experience. Festival staff hosted a bilingual communal meal with visual artists to discuss and collect qualitative data about the event. Artists brought examples of their work to share. Other quantitative data was collected at this time and also via email.
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