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Mixed Blood Theatre Company will develop, produce, and present a new canon of theatrical work by, for, about and/or with transgender theater artists and audience members in a two-week showcase event in April 2018.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer-at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. 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. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Rachel Carlson: Poet, novelist; nominated for Minnesota Book Award; Adam Courville: Puppet program coordinator, PACER Center; studying for master's in nonprofit management at Hamline; Elizabeth Jaakola: Musician; music educator at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College; Annette Lee: Astrophysicist and artist; Arts Board grantee; Kue Xiong: Multidisciplinary artist, digital media producer, and music composer; Ahmed Yusuf: Writer and playwright; Christopher Zlatic: Artist; studio director at The Bindery
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Mixed Blood will establish an artistic home and theatrical destination for transgender Minnesotans. Number of trans participants: as theater artists, audience, staff and board; number of interested/engaged groups in metro and greater Minnesota; number of trans focused events, plays, and talkbacks. 2: Mixed Blood will hire new staff who will enlist and serve as liaison to a trans advisory council that meets regularly to help inform arts programming. Provide numerous opportunities for participant response: pre and after show talkbacks, staff and advisory council gatherings, artist/audience informal conversation and surveys; collect and assess.
Mixed Blood is a welcoming place for transgender Minnesota theatre artists and audiences. Data collected through survey, anecdote, and observation by staff indicated the number of participating trans Minnesota theatre artists and audiences at Mixed Blood increased due to programming created specifically to engage this community. 2: Mixed Blood hired a local trans theatre artist who recruited Minnesotan trans theatre artists for a year-round advisory council. A Transgender Advisory Council has been established to assess and evaluate Mixed Blood programs and their effectiveness in including and welcoming trans audiences to the Theatre. They meet on a quarterly basis overseen by Mixed Blood staff.
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