Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
IN THE SPIRIT produced by The BAND Group.
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.
Andi Cheney: Organizational Development, General Administration, Finance; Brenda Butler: Education, Youth Programming, Community Education; Bryan Thao Worra: Artistic, Community Service / Development; Edna Stevens: Youth Programming, Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic; Loren Niemi: General Management / Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development / Planning; Nakita Kirchner: Artistic, Organizational Development, Education; Sara Endalew: Artistic, Community Service / Development, Education.
ACHF Arts Access
Nonprofits will regularly show that the strongest tool for outreach to the general community about their work is storytelling but there is a lack of direct engagement between performing arts organizations with other nonprofit organizations. This project focuses on strengthening that connection between arts and another nonprofit organization by giving exposure to a nonprofit whose work is tied to the cause and community, specifically the transgender community, through direct audience engagement utilizing post-show talk-backs and email signups to increase their community access and foster future support for the partnering nonprofit's work. After the production closes The BAND Group will host meetings with collaborators, members of the Advisory Board, and staff at Gender Justice to share feedback on the community impact of the production as well as feedback on the creative process. Evaluations will also be noted during audience feedback in workshops and post-show talkbacks as well as anonymous evaluation materials given to audience for the performance runs.
Approximately twelve artists were engaged during this process, eight of which were a part of the transgender and non-binary community.
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