Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
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.
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.
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
ACHF Arts Access
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.
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.
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