Arts Project Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
KAIROS ALIVE!
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2019
End Date
June 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Project Support

Project Details

Kairos Alive! Language of Dance Spoken Here Project.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Craig Dunn: Arts Accessibility Consultant; 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 Professional; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Coordinator of Community Programs; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; 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; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Carly Swenson: Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing, Community Education; Daniel Tran: Community Education, General Administration, Artistic; Tia-Simone Gardner: Artistic, Youth Programming, Community Education; Tisidra Jones: Community Education, General Administration.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,719
Direct expenses
$12,719
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Karios Alive! intends to mount 12 in-person Dancing Heart™ dance, music and story engagement sessions, 24 interactive participatory live streamed Dancing Heart™ Live sessions, and a culminating in-person Intergenerational Dance Hall™. We anticipate 215+ total participants in all sessions, and that in pre- and post-event surveys, 75% of respondents will report increased understanding of dance/music/story forms, and 75% will report increased feelings of recognition and importance. Audience/participant counts will be tallied. Participants complete a short pre and post survey in English and Spanish (and other translation, as needed) that measures self-perceived qualitative changes in their artistic, social, cognitive and physical engagement developed in consultation with our research collaborator, Dr. Adriana Perez. At the IDH and for the pre and post Dancing Heart™ surveys (English, Spanish and other), participants are invited to answer a few questions using a systematic sampling approach. Participants self-rate any (1) mood improvement (2) feelings of recognition and importance, (3) feelings of social connection, (4) increase in physical movement/mobility, (5) dance, music, story learning, (6) increase in appreciation for cultures not their own. Participants are also asked if the event has motivated them to creatively express themselves in new ways and allows room for additional comments.

Measurable Outcome(s)

KA did 12 in-person Dancing Heart? dance, music and story engagement sessions, 12+ webcast Dancing Heart? Live sessions, and a culminating in-person Intergenerational Dance Hall?. 100+ people attended programming. Dance hall post event surveys indicate 75% of respondents reported increased understanding of dance/music/story forms, and increased feelings of recognition and importance.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Gary Oftedahl, Leni de Mik, Brenna Galvin, Joan Semmer, Melanie Broida, Maria Genne
Project Manager
First Name
Maria
Last Name
Genné
Organization Name
KAIROS ALIVE!
Street Address
4316 Upton Ave S Ste 206
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55410
Phone
(612) 926-5454
Email
maria@kairosalive.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency