Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Midwest World Fest is a performing arts touring program that addresses the lack of cross-cultural arts education in underserved communities by presenting international musicians in rural Midwestern communities to conduct week-long residencies.
Judson Bemis Jr.: Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Marys University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri: Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp: Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Jeffery Amundson: Executive Director, Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale; Adrienne Dorn: Director of Development, The Cedar Cultural Center; Stephanie Eichman: President of the Board of Directors; Minnesota Dance Ensemble; Christine Gradl Seitz: Executive and Artistic Director, Duluth Playhouse; Andrew Maus: Executive Director, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona; Margaret McCreary: Puppeteer, artist/educator; James Scott: General Manager, Guthrie Theater, contracts and negotiations; Iris Shiraishi: Artistic Director, Mu Daiko; taiko drumming/music; Robert Thomas III: Associate Director of Development and Company Manager, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Winona
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
ACHF Arts Access
Broaden exposure to diverse cultures and traditions for populations and communities that lack such access to global performing arts opportunities. We evaluate by soliciting feedback and conducting follow-up conversations with students, teachers, community partners, and the artists; and with quantitative data on community-artist interactions in final reports from our community partners. 2: Build the capacity of our partner organization to continue this immersive residency model. We evaluate by measuring new and sustained partnerships with local schools, continued programming featuring international ensembles, and evidence of new or increased local support for the organization.
We evaluated the success of the program based on quantitative attendance figures at events, qualitative feedback from students and audience members, and conversations with our community partner, Janet Brademan of the Headwaters School of Music and the Arts. Brademan reported that cost was usually a barrier to presenting international ensembles in Bemidji, but participation in Arts Midwest World Fest enabled her to do so for the first time. 2: Over the course of the 20132014 performance season, Arts Midwest World Fest presented two international ensemblesLe Vent du Nord (Québec), and Baladino (Israel)in week-long residencies in Bemidji. The ensembles conducted workshops with K-12 students; public performances; and community outreach activities such as visits to senior centers, family workshops in public libraries, master classes with local musicians, and community-hosted dinners. We are pleased to report that these two residencies in Bemidji reached 4,910 youth and 1,428 adults.
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