Arts Project Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
April Sellers Dance Collective
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2020
End Date
June 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Project Support

Project Details

Man Blossom Man

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

Afton Benson: General Administration, Artistic, Finance; Chris Harrison: Artistic; Dustin Steuck: Artistic, GeneralManagement/Administration/Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Emma Saks: General Management/ Administration/ Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Program Development; PHILLIP MCGRAW: General Management/ Administration/ Support, Artistic, Marketing/Audience Development; Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria: Artistic.

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

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,875
Direct expenses
$20,875
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

For this project, ASDC will contract one Choreographer/Artistic Director, six Dancers, one Sound Designer, and nine supporting artistic and administrative staff, complete 50 hours of final rehearsals at Center for Performing Arts (CFPA) in Minneapolis for Man Blossom Man (MBM), present eight hours of open public workshops at CFPA about the ASDC artistic and MBM development processes, stage two work-in-progress performances, one at MOVO SPACE in Minneapolis and the other at Ananya Dance Theater's Shawngram Institute for Performance and Social Justice in Saint Paul, post-eight monthly Video Blog entries about the project process, and stage four premiere performances of MBM at The Lab Theater in Minneapolis before an estimated total audience of 375. ASDC will evaluate this project by documenting the MBM final development and rehearsal process through eight Video Blog posts, featuring self-analysis by the Choreographer/Artistic Director, to which viewers will be invited to comment upon and discuss online. In addition, ASDC will count the number of audience at the two work-in-progress showings and four premiere performances, the number of participants at each of the four open public workshops in the middle of the project, and the numbers of views, likes, and comments in response to each of the eight Video Blog posts, will facilitate audience discussions for emotional response and critical feedback following the two work-in-progress showings and four premiere performances, and will distribute a paper evaluation to the audience at the four premiere performances for collection after each show.

Measurable Outcome(s)

For this project, ASDC contracted one Choreographer/Artistic Director, six Dancers, one Sound Designer, and two supporting artistic and administrative staff, complete 50 hours of final rehearsals online. Although performances were canceled due to Covid 19, artists were given the opportunity to keep working and were compensated for their time.

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

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Alvaro Bonilla, Dan Mason, Scott Pakudaitis, Scotty Reynolds, Krista Romanish, April Sellers, Jillia Pessenda, Jose Luis
Project Manager
First Name
April
Last Name
Sellers
Organization Name
April Sellers Dance Collective
Street Address
1401 W 32nd St B
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 558-8209
Email
aprilsellersdc@gmail.com
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