Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$40,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Bedlam Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

January 2014

End Date

December 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Access

Project Details

Throughout 2014, Bedlam Theatre’s innovative core artists will activate the Bedlam Design Center, with residencies to engage 500 community members in the development of new works, celebrated quarterly with Bedlam’s 10 Minute Play Festivals.

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. 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.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; 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.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Cheryle Caplinger: Executive director of the Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra; Mary Flicek: Arts Administrator volunteer for River Junctions Arts Council and Board Member, Grant Writer, Theater Box Office Manager, Marketing; Nicholas Legeros: Sculptor, President of Nicholas Legeros Inc.; Moheb Soliman: Poet and performance artists; staff member at Mizna; Kristine Wyant: Director of corporate and foundation relations., Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$40,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$40,495

Direct expenses

$80,495

Administration costs

$706

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.5

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Engagement of at least 150 participants made possible by providing free rehearsal space, collaboration, and production infrastructure. Participant artists will be surveyed on past production experience, with participation preference given to inexperienced and low-income artists and ensembles. 2: Bedlam Theatre artists will mentor 50 participants inexperienced in public performance. At least 15% of participating artists and performers will have little to no professional theatre experience (less than five paid productions), as determined by surveys on past production experience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Short Town engaged 194 participants, over half of them new to Bedlam and of those 25% new to creating original works. 2: Of the 194 participants in Short Town, 24 had little to no performance experience, and more (nearly half) were new to creating their own work.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Scott Pakudaitis, Amy Danielson, Jim Erchul, Dan Spock, Emilie Slaby, Kami Hopkins, Maren Ward, John Francis Bueche

Project Manager

Andrea

Cheney

Bedlam Theatre

2637 27th Ave S

Minneapolis

55406