Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
New Arab American Theatre Works
Status
In Progress
Start Date
June 2013
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the first Arab-American theater festival, featuring three new works by local Arab-American theater artists. Performances will take place in February 2014 at Mixed Blood Theater.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Philip Fried: artistic, community development, disabilities specialist; Nan Jahnke: administration, volunteerism, community development; Michele Blanchard: artistic, audience development, fundraising; Bill Venne: fundraising; Maggie Scanlan: artistic, education; Cass Erickson: fundraising, youth programming, community education; Elizabeth Tanner: artistic, education, community education; Patricia Mitchell: artistic, audience development, administration; Lori Anne Vicich: marketing, artistic.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$22,000
Direct expenses
$32,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Increase exposure of three local Arab American playwrights to local audiences; participating playwrights will improve their works through feedback.Audience surveys, feedback from artists.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Vanessa Davis, Lana Barkawi, Forrest Tahdooahnippah, Amy Danielson, Ahmed Tharwat, Martha Benda, Rabih Nahas, Nahid Khan
Project Manager
First Name
Taous
Last Name
Khazem
Organization Name
New Arab American Theatre Works
Street Address
2517 Emerson Ave S Apt 1
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55405
Phone
(612) 237-1476
Email
tkhazem@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