Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Funding for Test Pilot, a new evening-length dance opera based on the exploration of flight. The performances will take place at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium as part of the Women of Substance series in September 2014.
Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Philip Fried: artistic, community development, disabilities specialist; Nan Jahnke: administration, volunteerism, community development; Michele Blanchard: artistic, audience development, fundraising; Bill Venne: fundraising; Maggie Scanlan: artistic, education; Cass Erickson: fundraising, youth programming, community education; Elizabeth Tanner: artistic, education, community education; Patricia Mitchell: artistic, audience development, administration; Lori Anne Vicich: marketing, artistic.
ACHF Arts Access
To continue to push the artistic boundaries of the artists; to utilize and experiment with technology that will enhance the performance; to artfully explore notions of naivety, creativity, hope, determination, bravery, heroism and human nature; to bring together dance, opera, chamber music and choral music audiences.Informal showings and feedback sessions; ticket sales.
17 artists created an original production; 914 audience members attended performances; an additional 60 people came to open showings; the creators felt challenged in creating the piece; technologies were used to enhance the performance; video projections, cello looping, and found sound.
Other, local or private