Arts Activities Support

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

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Nimbus Theatre - Lost in the Taiga.

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
$4,170
Direct expenses
$14,170
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To collaboratively create an original piece of theater using our original devised theater techniques. To present this production (our 49th) to audiences in November 2019, at the Crane Theater in Northeast Minneapolis; Create a new original piece of theater based on the life of the Lykov family. Have successful performances of said play; Create a new original piece of theater based on the life of the Lykov family. Have successful performances of said play. Our shows are evaluated firstly based on attendance - how successful were marketing efforts in attracting a robust audience to see the show? We also conduct post-mortem meetings and surveys with our artists, as a way to continually evaluate our process and find out what is working and what needs adjustment. Our first opportunity for project evaluation comes at the end of the script work phase, at our Eye Opener reading, a staged reading of the work in progress in front of an audience. After the reading, the audience is led through a feedback session where they provide their responses to the work, which is used by the team to evaluate how the project is progressing in regard to its artistic and community goals. After the production is complete, audience surveys are used to evaluate our community impact, and a team post-mortem is used to evaluate the project’s outcomes from an artistic standpoint. ; Our first opportunity for project evaluation comes at the end of the script work phase, at our Eye Opener reading, a staged reading of the work in progress in front of an audience. After the reading, the audience is led through a feedback session where they provide their responses to the work, which is used by the team to evaluate how the project is progressing in regard to its artistic and community goals. After the production is complete, audience surveys are used to evaluate our community impact, and a team post-mortem is used to evaluate the project’s outcomes from an artistic standpoint.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We successfully created, developed, produced and presented our 49th theatrical production. Almost 400 people attended this production. ten artists were paid for their work on this production

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Liz Neerland, Josh Cragun, Alyssa Thompson, Monique Lindquist, Andrea Gross
Project Manager
First Name
Liz
Last Name
Neerland
Organization Name
Nimbus Theatre
Street Address
2303 Kennedy St NE Ste 120
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55413
Phone
(612) 548-1380
Email
info@nimbustheatre.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
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