Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Silva dos Santos creates "Brazil." Through unique dance fusion choreography, and with recordings of elders speaking memories, "Brazil" explores influences of Afro/Brazilian history and diaspora that shape his work.
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
New solo stretches my aesthetic by incorporating spoken text in sound design, enriches artistic capacity to communicate cultural impacts in my work. Through narrative, assess artist's satisfaction with: quality of the new solo work, number of hours in studio, process and artistic value of incorporating spoken text, process of working with dramaturg. 2: Audiences gain deeper understanding of cultural roots of my dance fusion vision, by enjoying the work and participating in post-show conversations. Count number of audience attending; number of audience engaged in artist/justice leaders' discussion. Solicit audience feedback re: the work itself and value of the discussion, through surveys and anecdote.
New solo stretched artist's aesthetic by incorporating spoken text in sound design and increasing capacity to communicate cultural impacts in work. Assessment of artist's satisfaction with the quality of the new solo, number of hours in the studio, artistic value of incorporating spoken text and process of working with dramaturg. 2: Audiences gained a deeper understanding of cultural roots of artist's dance vision by enjoying the work and participating in post-show conversations. Counted number of audience members attending and engaged in artist/justice leaders discussion. Solicited audience feedback regarding the work itself and value of the discussion through interviews and anecdotes.