Arts Access
Arts Access
The Ordway and multicultural Sabathani Community Center (mostly African American, Latino, East Asian, Caucasian, and African families) will partner to create community access to a concert by Raul Midon and Richard Bona. The project will include a residency with two Minnesota artists to engage participants as artists and audience members.
Judson Bemis Jr.: Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Marys University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri: Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp: Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Katherine Dodge: Executive director, Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program.; Elizabeth Flinsch-Garrison: Education and Outreach Director, Northern Clay Center; Patricia Grimes: Arts Coordinator- Sanford Center ( Neilson Place), Bemidji; Susan Haas: Artistic Producing Director, Open Eye Figure Theatre, Minneapolis; Joanna Kohler: Filmmaker and Media producer, community storytelling; Jennifer Monroe: President of the Lupus Foundation of Minnesota and Treasurer of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association; Sherri Pugh: Director of Operations, Sabathini Community Center; Robert Weisenfeld: Assistant Vice President,Corporate and Foundation Relations, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
ACHF Arts Access
The Ordway and Sabathani Community Center will deepen their relationship by embarking on collaborative community arts programming. The project will engage Sabathani constituents and will use Sabathani as a hub where activities occur and as a point of convening to connect audiences with the Ordway's programming in world music. 2: The Ordway will provide access to a performance and experiential learning in the arts by members of multicultural communities in the Twin Cities. The Ordway will provide ticket and transportation subsidies to enable members of the Sabathani community to attend Ordway events and communicate with Sabathani staff in order to identify and address additional barriers.
This was achieved by cooperatively working to connect the Ordway with programs within Sabathani, such as We Win Insitutute, Horizons, and Connections to Independence. Sabathani became a hub for Ordway-led activity and worked with the Ordway to recruit participants, encourage parent participation, and promoting the programs both at Sabathani and the opportunity to attend a show at the Ordway. Nearly 300 people attended the final performance at the Ordway, including the participating youth. 2: This was achieved by providing tickets and transportation to enable members of the Sabathani community to attend the Raul Midón concert. Additional opportunities included diverse artistic panels dialoguing with community members about careers in the arts in front of and behind the curtain, a workshop with Midón at Sabathani, and a youth showcase performance at the end of the summer workshops.
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Debra A. Sit, Peter Thrane