Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Two Chairs Telling
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2012
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Two Chairs Telling
Project Details
Funding for Two Chairs Telling, a series of ten performances pairing storytellers, poets, and other narrative artists across generations, race, sexual preference, experience, and spoken word styles. The series will be held at the Bryant Lake Bowl between September 2012 and June 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Jane Ramseyer Miller: Artistic Director, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Maggie Scanlan: Artistic Director, Nightpath Theatre; Barb Rose: Consultant, Side by Side Associates; Jessica Tatro: Organizing Representative, Sierra Club Beyond Coal to Clean Energy; Carrie Vecchione: Teacher, MacPhail Center for Music; LaDonna Morrison: Board Member, Theatre Space Project; Annie Enneking: Children's Theatre Company Neighborhood Bridges; Phira Rehm: Freelance Artist; Dan Rein: Program Producer, KFAI; Katie Kaufmann: Producer and Director.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,500
Direct expenses
$10,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To achieve an average of 40 audience members per show; to pair performers on stage to engage each other and share stories with an audience; to develop the skills of narrative performing artists in the area.Audience attendance; advisory committee feedback; audience feedback.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Performer response very positive, reputation of program continues to grow; students attending performances report experience as being very positive.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Dorothy Cleveland, Nancy Donoval, Katherine Glover, Mare Kalka, Kay Kirsch, Kevin Kling, Paula Nancarrow, Marcie Rendon, Craig Sinad, Nathondo Zulu
Project Manager
First Name
Loren
Last Name
Niemi
Organization Name
Two Chairs Telling
Street Address
3708 24th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(651) 271-6349
Email
niemistory@aol.com
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