Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Bedlam Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Making Amends
Project Details
Funding for Making Amends, a series of performance events, community gatherings, story circles, and Open Space Workshops to catalyze deeper community conversations about relationships, families, and queer identity in diverse populations.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Jane Ramseyer Miller: Artistic Director, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Maggie Scanlan: Artistic Director, Nightpath Theatre; Barb Rose: Consultant, Side by Side Associates; Jessica Tatro: Organizing Representative, Sierra Club Beyond Coal to Clean Energy; Carrie Vecchione: Teacher, MacPhail Center for Music; LaDonna Morrison: Board Member, Theatre Space Project; Annie Enneking: Children's Theatre Company Neighborhood Bridges; Phira Rehm: Freelance Artist; Dan Rein: Program Producer, KFAI; Katie Kaufmann: Producer and Director.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,800
Direct expenses
$18,800
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To use the opportunity presented by the marriage amendment to engage in conversations about gay rights, non-traditional family/relationship models above the yes/no vote; to use theater as a platform for marginalized voices and the sharing of stories.Event attendance; artists' participation; community participation for the workshops and open mics; survey to track attendants' previous level of involvement in relation to the amendment.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Over 170 individuals participated in performances and facilitated conversations on the topic of same sex marriage, giving a voice to a marginalized population and fostering collaborations between diverse communities.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Scott Pakudaitis, Barbra Berlovitz, John Bueche, Amy Danielson, Jim Erchul, Dan Spock, Maren Ward, Jeremy Cohen, Paige Collette, Sam Johnson, Irna Landrum, Josina Manu Maltzman, Esther Ouray, Scotty Reynolds, Eleanor Savage, Eileen Scallen, Patrick Scully
Project Manager
First Name
John
Last Name
Bueche
Organization Name
Bedlam Theatre
Street Address
2637 27th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 341-1038
Email
jfb@bedlamtheatre.org
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