Flexible Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Urban Spectrum Theatre Company AKA The Urban Spectrum Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Flexible Support

Project Details

Foxy Brown and Blacksploitattion

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner; Amanda Cortes: Artspace and Springboard for the Arts; Paul Creager: Square Lake Film and Music Festival Founder and Director; Adrienne Doyle: Juxtaposition Arts Tactical Lead and Development Associate; Craig Dunn: Access Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Interdisciplinary Artist and Sparkle Theatricals Creative Creative Director; Ryan-Olivia McCoy: Black Label Movement and Shapeshift dancer; Christal Moose: Native Arts Collaborative Agency and Native Pride Productions, Inc. Arts Manager and Artist; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Independent Consultant; Andrea Sjogren: Community Education; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Sara Wilson: Lommen Abdo P.A. Attorney; Kate Walker: Valley Chamber Chorale Singer; Lauren White: Augsburg College Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Dustin Steuck, Artistic, General Management/Administration/Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Kevin Johnson, Program Development, Artistic, Volunteerism; Peter Witzig, Education, Volunteerism, Artistic; Quinn Villagomez, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Marketing/Audience Development, General Administration; zoe cinel, Artistic, Education, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion.

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

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$0
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Residents learn new arts skills and techniques; residents gain awareness and appreciation for artistic disciplines and mediums; artists build their capacity through professional development. Interviews/Conversations with participants ; Interviews/Conversations with board/staff/leaders ; Community dialogue (group conversations with a large group) ; Reviewing recorded information or documentation (such as finances, attendance records, work plans) ; Observation ; Surveying (paper or online) ; Other (please describe below)

Measurable Outcome(s)

This project ensured, and contributed, to the company?s capacity to continue to offer access to the arts within the inner city, through its live stage production (six shows), and succeeded in reaching out to homebound people via online access and panel presentations. Interviews conducted with audience members and artist participants indicated an extremely successful achievement of the company's goals for this project, and offered to the participants (particularly the younger performers) and the audience in attendance a history lesson, as it were, of a film genre known as Blacksploitation, a genre which led into a new chapter in Black film and production.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Judy Cooper Lyle, Artistic Director, Melinda Sandoval Morvari, Jon Duede, Penny Masuku, Benjamin Mchie
Project Manager
First Name
Judy
Last Name
Cooper Lyle
Organization Name
The Urban Spectrum Theatre Company
Street Address
315 SE Main St APT 801
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55417-3202
Phone
(612) 379-0108
Email
theurbanspectrumtheatre@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