Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
ROUGH CUTS: works-in-progress.
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.
D.A. Bullock: Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing; Divya Karan: Computer Systems / Web Design, Organizational Development, General Administration; Florence Brammer: General Administration, Education, Volunteerism; Julia Brown: General Administration, Artistic, Education; Lauren White: General Administration, Fundraising, Organizational Development; Maymuna Ali: Artistic, Computer Systems / Web Design; Stanton Wood: Fundraising, Organizational Development, Artistic; Ying Lee: Community Service / Development, Youth Programming, Education.
ACHF Arts Access
We expect to present five different ROUGH CUTS programs of two performances each (one in St Paul and one in Minneapolis) in a manner consistent with past programs; each project will have specific outcomes defined by the artists themselves (we always begin by asking “What do you want to gain from presenting your piece on Rough Cuts'”) and based on past experience, we expect that most, if not all, outcomes will be met. We will also participate in the Saint Paul Art Crawl, so a total of 11 performances will be presented. We have a robust evaluation culture (especially for our Composer-Librettist Studios and our Wesley Balk Opera/Music-Theater Institute), involving written pre- and post-program surveys and director evaluations. This approach has influenced our attitude toward evaluating ROUGH CUTS; although we do not require written evaluations from artists (they are interviewed before and after to assess their goals and outcomes), we do distribute written evaluations to audiences every few years and expect to next year as part of our strategic planning process.
33 artist (10 generative, 23 performers) were engaged to read through seven new music-theater pieces; five of the pieces were being heard by the artists for the first time; and four generative artists were early-career. We played to around 225 paying audience members with another twenty or so admitted free (we have a "pay-as-able" policy).
Other,local or private