Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

20 Theatre Company Twin Cities AKA 20% Theatre Company

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2016

End Date

May 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the 4th annual Q-STAGE: New Works Series, an experimental series dedicated to providing a stage and resources for LGBTQ artists to create, develop, and premiere new work. Performances will take place at Intermedia Arts in May 2017.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair of El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director of World Music and Dance and the International Children’s Festival; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Edie French: Administration, artistic, education; Jessica Tritsch: Community Education, fundraising, administration; Kristen Cooper: Fundraising, artistic, administration, computer systems; Patricia Vaillancourt: Marketing, administration, computer systems; Caitlin Marlotte: Marketing, administration, organizational development; Nate Lovdahl: Fundraising, education, organizational planning; Teqen Zea-Aida: Marketing, administration, organizational development; Christopher Atkins: Artistic, administration; Ari Koehnen: Education, artistic, youth programming.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

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

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$19,300

Direct expenses

$29,300

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Quantitative: We hope that 400 people will attend Q-STAGE performances over two weeks, featuring the work of 4 artists/performing groups. Qualitative: Audience surveys will show that patrons' consciousness of/about queer identity will be shifted/changed/expanded as a result of attending Q-STAGE artists' work; and artist surveys will show all Q-STAGE artists responding that participation in Q-STAGE helped them grow as artists. Q-STAGE will be evaluated through anonymous survey given to both patrons and artists involved, audience demographics and feedback from playbill surveys; event media attention; box office reports and house count; and feedback from post-show discussions.

Measurable Outcome(s)

320 people attended these 4 new works. Audience surveys showed that patrons' consciousness of/about queer identity had be shifted/changed/expanded as a result of attending Q-STAGE artists' work. 100% of Q-STAGE artists responded that participation in Q-STAGE helped them grow as artists.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Erica Fields, Jo Lum, Mykel Pennington, Melissa Harl, Corinna Troth, Suzanne Cross, Katonya Strickland, Maureen Stoltzman, Claire Avitabile

Project Manager

Claire

Avitabile

20 Theatre Company Twin Cities AKA 20% Theatre Company

5152 Aldrich Ave N

Minneapolis

55430