Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Susan M. Messerole AKA Suzy Messerole
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2020
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

Messerole will create Love a Silver Water, a synchronized swimming inspired theatrical piece based on love poems by queer writers. A work in progress public presentation will occur at a pool in Minneapolis.

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, 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. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Julie Ahasay: Director and actor, Duluth Playhouse; retired faculty member, University of Minnesota Duluth; Rachel Bernstein: Arts administrator and performer; Aaron Gabriel: Award-winning composer and theater artist; Denise Neushwander-Frink: Theater artist and administrator; Amy Seham: Professor of theater and dance, Gustavus Adolphus; Benjamin Thietje: Cofounder and coartistic director of DalekoArts in New Prague

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The audience will imagine bodies and liberation in a new way through the conduit of water. This outcome will be evaluated by post-performance surveys that will be both available following the performance and emailed out to attendees. 2: The artist will develop new skills by directing a theatrical experience in water. This outcome will be evaluated by a pre-project and post-project self-assessment, plus post-project meetings with all the participants.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The audience will imagine bodies and liberation in a new way through the conduit of water. Evaluation was discussions with community following the performance, but during the event, particularly during the section where the four performers were teaching. 2: The artist will develop new skills by directing a theatrical experience in water. Pre-project and post-project self-assessment, and meeting with collaborators.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Susan
Last Name
Messerole
Organization Name
Susan M. Messerole AKA Suzy Messerole
State
MN
Phone
(612) 720-4852
Email
suzy.messerole@gmail.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
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