Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Sandbox Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2016
End Date
September 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Activities Support
Project Details
Funding to develop and produce two new ensemble-created shows, Big Money, to premier at Park Square Theater in January 2017, and Wanda Gág, to premier at The Southern Theater in August 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
Katie Vang: Artistic, organizational development, community service; Ben Krywosz: Artistic, organizational planning, administration; Christina Dahlheimer: Fundraising, organizational development, administration; Reona Berry: Artistic; Sarah Steichen Stiles: Administration, artistic, community service, education, youth programming; Katherine Smith-Flores: Education, administration; Dawn Witt Saxton: Marketing, administration, volunteerism, organizational development; Jijun He: General administration; Alyssa Hawkins: Education, community service, organizational development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
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
$14,050
Direct expenses
$24,050
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

25 theater artists will work in ensembles to create two original plays, which we estimate will be attended by approximately 900 individuals from the Twin Cities metro area. We will also provide three performance apprentices with additional training through the creation of our first show, Big Money. 30% of audience members will be seeing Sandbox Theatre for the first time, 15% of them will be members of the Southern Theater's ARTshare program, and 25% will be regular subscribers from Park Square Theatre. Information for our evaluation will be drawn formally from our standard audience count, as well as an audience survey that will be distributed to all attendees, and less formally from direct audience feedback received through direct conversation, emails, Facebook and Twitter. We solicit feedback from our artists through a post-mortem process, in which we gather all artists involved in the project to have a moderated conversation about what worked and didn't work with the artistic process.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Per survey responses, over 50% of patrons to Big Money were seeing Sandbox for the first time. Per our attendance records, over 20% of our In The Treetops audiences were blow the age of 20. A first for us. We made strong new connections with the community of New Ulm, and they have invited us to bring our show In The Treetops down to their city, the birthplace of the show's subject, Wanda Gag.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Connie Rutledge, Angie Beckey, Katharine Meyer, Anna Decker, Paul J Jones, Matthew Glover, Derek Lee Miller
Project Manager
First Name
Derek
Last Name
Miller
Organization Name
Sandbox Theatre
Street Address
3109 42nd St E
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 508-1490
Email
info@sandboxtheatreonline.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