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2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Carlyle J. Brown
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2015
End Date
November 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Artist Initiative
Project Details
Brown will present ACTING BLACK, part spoken word, part stand-up comedy, part Ted Talk, part rant, that examines and riffs on the roots of American racism and its effect on our personal and national behavior. Performances will take place at Dreamland Arts in Saint Paul.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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 Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Julie Ahasay: Director and actor, Duluth Playhouse, faculty member, University of Minnesota Duluth; Sonya Berlovitz: Theatrical and dance costume designer; Richard Cook: Artistic director, Park Square Theatre; Aaron Gabriel: Award-winning composer and theater artist; Heather Hamilton: Associate professor of theater, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jamil Jude: Freelance director, producer, playwright, and dramaturg; Janaki Ranpura: Playwright and puppeteer; Nadine Schmidt: Associate professor of theatre and theatre program coordinator, Southwest Minnesota State University
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
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ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,000
Direct expenses
$12,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artist to further develop artistic abilities and expand audience. Audience attendance, survey responses, post-show discussions, reviews and peer feedback. 2: For audiences to reflect on the complicated dynamics of race in America. Survey responses and post show discussions.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience members talking rationally and thoughtfully about race in America. There is a restaurant down the block from the Southern with an outdoor café, and on both nights the café was filled with people who had just seen the show talking about their feelings and impressions. The performer went out and joined them. Some he knew, many he didn’t, fans from his mailing list and others who had come from word of mouth. These interactions turned out to be informal talk-backs, one on one into the night, where the outcomes were reveled with people talking about race.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Carlyle
Last Name
Brown
Organization Name
Carlyle J. Brown
State
MN
Phone
(651) 335-3167
Email
carlylebrown@aol.com
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Administered By
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Minnesota State Arts Board

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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msab@arts.state.mn.us
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