Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$78,530
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Illusion Theater and School, Inc. AKA Illusion Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Chisago
Hennepin
Ramsey
Chisago
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Illusion Theater will work with youth from the Indigenous People's Task Force, to adapt and perform Touch, Illusion's play on child sexual abuse, for Native communities.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Rachel Carlson: Poet, novelist; nominated for Minnesota Book Award; Katherine Dodge: Retired executive director, Itasca Orchestra and Strings program; board chair, Grand Rapids Arts and Culture Commission; Takara Henegar: Program associate and Ron McKinley Philanthropy Fellow at The Saint Paul Foundation; Lauren Hughes: Creative arts development supervisor, Midwest Special Services; gallery curator; Keri Kellerman: Managing director, Playwrights' Center; Jessica Roeder: Writer, poet and teacher; Simon Sperl: Director of corporate and foundation relations. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$78,530
Other Funds Leveraged
$24,598
Direct expenses
$103,128
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Illusion and its artists will develop new connections with IPTF and Ikidowin youth, and Native communities in Minnesota. Illusion will maintain ongoing dialogue with liaisons at IPTF and in participating Native communities, and hold discussions with Ikidowin youth throughout the project/conduct surveys at project end. 2: IPTF and Illusion Theater will both express a desire to continue, expand, and deepen their relationship. Illusion and IPTF will engage in discussions throughout the project to ensure that issues and needs of both are being served, and at project end to determine if/how to continue the relationship.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Illusion and its artists built new connections with IPTF and the Ikidowin Peer Ed group, as well as the Ogitchidakwe group of female Elders. Evaluation was both process and verbal, and in the form of the Native Story Circle to respect the community's way of evaluating an experience. It included Illusion and IPTF project staff, youth of Ikidowin's Peer Ed team and grandmothers of Ogitchidakwe. 2: Illusion and the IPTF are both excited about continuing to expand and deepen their relationship via the TOUCH program for Minnesota Native communities. Illusion and ITPF staff conducted continuing and ongoing discussions about all aspects of the project -- the general process and the expected outcomes. Both organizations have expressed the desire and determination to continue and expand this relationship

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Stan Alleyne, Anthony Bohaty, Emily Bridges, Willie Bridges, Barbara Brin, Amy Brenengen, Mandi Crane, Pat Dunleavy, Keith Halperin, Lori Liss, Christopher Madel, Vivian Martin, Bonnie Morris, Katie Otto, Emily Palmer, Therese Pautz, Jeffrey Rabkin, Michael H. Robins, Rebecca F. Schiller, Susan Shapiro, Tracy M. Smith, David Stamps, Erica V. Stein, Robin Stein, Susan Thurston, Christopher Wurtz
Project Manager
First Name
Michael
Last Name
Robins
Organization Name
Illusion Theater and School, Inc. AKA Illusion Theater
Street Address
528 Hennepin Ave Ste 704
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55403-1814
Phone
(612) 339-4944x 208
Email
mrobins@illusiontheater.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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