Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,096
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pangea World Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Pangea illuminates the human condition, celebrates cultural differences, and promotes human rights by creating and presenting international, multidisciplinary theater.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,096
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,012,702
Direct expenses
$1,012,702
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide significant opportunities for artists from diverse backgrounds to create new work and present it to the larger community. Pangea will produce new works by playwrights and/or ensembles of that center Black, Indigenous and artists of color including immigrant artists. Through surveys we will continue to learn how our work engages with diverse audiences. 2: Cultivate the cultural vitality of local immigrant, Black,Indigenous and people of color communities through artistic and community based programs. Continued growth in artistic and audience participation while meeting the ongoing challenges of Covid-19 and the Uprising and aftermath in Minneapolis, continued increase in participation and collaborations from Black and Indigenous artists.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide significant opportunities for artists from diverse backgrounds to create new work and present it to the larger community. Pangea engaged with over 40 artists majority BIPOC and supported them in creating new work and taking part in Story Circles. 2: Cultivate the cultural vitality of local immigrant, Black, Indigenous and people of color communities through artistic and community based programs. Pangea held a variety of events along East Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue that brought together diverse artists with audiences and community members.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Ramona Indru Advani, Afshan Anjum, Mona Antilla Carloni, Sharon Day, Soyini Guyton, Olga Herrera, Kelley Lindquist, Rajan Menon, Ramla Bile, Dipankar Mukherjee, Meena Natarajan
Project Manager
First Name
Meena
Last Name
Natarajan
Organization Name
Pangea World Theater
Street Address
711 Lake St W Ste 101
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 822-0015
Email
meena@pangeaworldtheater.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
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