Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
"Research Council" is a serial performance series about meetings, knowledge transfer, and the value of not knowing.
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.
Anne Adabra: Founder and chair, Minnesota Haitian Cultural Center; social studies teacher; dancer and storyteller; Ann Marie Deutz: Dancer and dance instructor; certified personal trainer; Heather Klopchin: Associate professor and chair of St Olaf College dance department; Sharika Kurumathur: Dancer trained in India and Minnesota; Rachmi Diyah Larasati: Associate professor, U of MN dance department; Jill Patterson: Teaches dance at Gustavus
ACHF Arts Access
The artist will gain skills and knowledge related to engaging with an audience through live, serial research sessions. The outcome will be measured through formal and informal audience feedback, felt response during the performances, and an analysis of how the audience develops over time. 2: The artist and his collaborators will further an artistic practice of multi world performance. The outcome will be evaluated based on felt response during the performance and discussions between collaborators and trusted artistic colleagues throughout the project.
The artist gained skills and knowledge related to engaging with an audience through live, serial research sessions. This outcome was evaluated through discussions with audience members, soliciting online feedback at the shows, feedback collected after the performance from audience surveys, and deep discussions amongst the performer/collaborators. 2: The artist gained new insight and experience into their collaborative processes with their long term collaborators. Through felt experience and discussions amongst the artistic collaborators the experience of creating this work l was evaluated for how it strengthened, grew, and illuminated our collaboration.
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