Art Project Grant
Art Project Grant
The Elixir of Love, June 14 and 16. Lyric Opera of the North presents Donizetti's comic opera, L'elisir d'amore, at MPAC. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Full chorus and orchestra conducted by Dirk Meyer.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Our goal with L'elisir d'amore is to create an exciting, engaging, beautiful production. Our work - our goal, always, is to collaboratively create a beautiful experience that is accessible to all. We aim to exceed our patrons' expectations, to challenge and support our artists, to welcome and excite new audience members, and to provide increased access to this unique shared experience for our greater community. We strive to produce the highest possible quality art while building a healthy, sustainable organization. We evaluate our work after each production based on the following criteria: 1. Artistic Quality. 2. Ticket sales, sponsorships, and individual support. 3. Participant (audience, artist, volunteer) satisfaction. 1. Artistic Quality is evaluated by General Directors (S. Lawrence and C. Metts) and Music Director, Dirk Meyer. 2. We use Arts People CRM to manage Box Office Data - tracking patron trends, marketing response, sales, etc. 3. Artists are very candid about their experiences with us, and their input is an important part of our process to ensure safe, healthy, artistically challenging and rewarding work. Patrons respond via email and in person, and we seek out their opinions.
Ticket sales: sold out first night, sold fewer than anticipated for second performance. More than 150 first-time ticket buyers. More unsolicited responses than for any previous production - all enthusiastic (summary attached).
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