Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Wonderlust Productions
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
April 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Activities Support
Project Details
Funding to produce a new play about the Adoption community with a mixture of professional performers and adoption community members sharing the stage. Performances will take place in February 2016.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Minnesota Public Radio Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Erinn Liebhard: Artistic, marketing, administration; Kathryn Murray: Artistic, administration, organizational planning; Betty Mackay: Artistic; Rachel Levitt: Marketing, fundraising, community development; Susan Bernstein: Artistic, administration; Don Mabley-Allen: Artistic, administration, disabilities specialist; Natalie Wass: Artistic, volunteerism, education; Edie Abnet: Artistic, education, community education; Harry Sapienza: Education, administration, finance.
Conflict of Interest Contact
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jeff Prauer (651) 645-0402
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$40,500
Direct expenses
$50,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
We intend to create a great play that is immersive, engaging, transformative, and entertaining and to uplift and amplify the full diversity of voices and stories in the community affected by adoption. We collect surveys, designed to gather quantitative and qualitative information at every phase of our projects, from initial story gathering to workshops, through rehearsals and of course from the audience. Additionally we give community members and audience a number of ways to participate through social media, writing and share things at performances, and elsewhere - this gives us a chance to evaluate engagement.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Alan Berks, Leah Cooper, Julie Guidry, Ashley Hanson, Wu Chen Khoo, Jack Reuler, Maren Ward, Harry Waters Jr
Project Manager
First Name
Alan
Last Name
Berks
Organization Name
Wonderlust Productions
Street Address
3419 Blaisdell Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Phone
(612) 423-6335
Email
amberks@gmail.com
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