Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
An Opera Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
April 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

The Rape of Lucretia presented by Arbeit Opera Theatre.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Andi Cheney: Organizational Development, General Administration, Finance; Brenda Butler: Education, Youth Programming, Community Education; Bryan Thao Worra: Artistic, Community Service / Development; Edna Stevens: Youth Programming, Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic; Loren Niemi: General Management / Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development / Planning; Nakita Kirchner: Artistic, Organizational Development, Education; Sara Endalew: Artistic, Community Service / Development, Education.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$28,750
Direct expenses
$38,750
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We want 40% of our audiences to be moved enough by our production to stay for the post-show Q and A. We want 70% of our audience to indicate that they felt either represented or moved to action.; Our goal is to be 3/4 of the way full for each performance, which would be a total of about 865 attendees. We hope that audience surveys show that at least 50% felt that the fusion of opera, social platform, and community partners provided urgency to become a more active community member. ; Our goal is to be 3/4 of the way full for each performance, which would be a total of about 865 attendees. We hope that audience surveys show that at least 50% felt that the fusion of opera, social platform, and community partners provided urgency to become a more active community member. We will hold post-show Q and A sessions with our community partners after each show. We will be able to take attendance numbers and compare those to ticket sales. We will have audience questionnaires which will ask if the audience member either felt represented or moved to action. This production will be evaluated with audience surveys, and surveys will be given to the cast and crew as well in order to know what worked and what could have been better. We also will go back to the schools that attended the performance and directly talk to the students about their experience on both seeing the show and in the immersion classes. ; This production will be evaluated with audience surveys, and surveys will be given to the cast and crew as well in order to know what worked and what could have been better. We also will go back to the schools that attended the performance and directly talk to the students about their experience on both seeing the show and in the immersion classes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Performances were postponed due to Covid-19 and therefore most of our community evaluation and the impact was unable to be determined. The social media campaign centered around this production with Women's Advocates, Violence Free MN, and Advocates for Human Rights resulted in findings that our average age of followers were 25-34, over 60% women and over 30% men.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved none of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Mary Jane Melendez, Mari Eggum, Kelley Lindquist, Dalton Outlaw, Tom Forsythe, Janette Davis
Project Manager
First Name
Kelly
Last Name
Turpin
Organization Name
Arbeit Opera Theatre
Street Address
75 Orlin Ave SE
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55414
Phone
(612) 889-7918
Email
arbeitoperatheatre@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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency