Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Ash will write, direct, and produce the twenty-minute pilot episode of a series based on his award winning feature film, Twin Cities. A public screening will take place at the historic Heights Theater in Columbia Heights.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Anthony Adah: Film studies professor, MSU Moorhead; Sara Enzenauer: Executive director, Frozen River Film Festival; Robert Larson: Assistant professor of communication and media studies at The College of St. Scholastica; Rebecca McDonald: CEO, media production company BFRESH Productions; Jatin Setia: Founder and executive director, Twin Cities Film Fest
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650
ACHF Arts Access
I will more deeply explore the themes of my feature films and further develop my filmmaking skills through a much longer narrative format. This project will be deemed successful if the pilot episode I create leads to the series being picked up for development by a streaming service (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, et. al) or a web series content provider (YouTube, Seeka, BlipTV, et. al). 2: Very few series are made here, so this project will also stretch the capabilities of its participants, while providing new career opportunities. We are home to many outstanding theater actors and production crew, many of whom have worked on my films. However very few have had the opportunity to work on a series. So, a successful outcome will be greatly enhancing their career development.
We are just now contacting producer's reps and others in the TV / streaming industry on purchasing the series, so this is TBD. Interest level from premium cable / streaming service providers. 2: Yes, this was achieved. Most people involved had not worked on a TV series and learning to work in this format was a great learning experience.
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