Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Danger Boat Productions LLC AKA The Theater of Public Policy

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

January 2017

End Date

May 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for a series of eight weekly improv shows in spring 2017, featuring a local thought leader who will discuss an important issue, followed by a team of comedic improvisers who will present unscripted scenes about the issue.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair of El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director of World Music and Dance and the International Children’s Festival; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Bob Peskin: Administration, audit, fundraising; Jennifer Case Phelps: Artistic, volunteerism, fundraising; Mathew Janczewski: Artistic, administration, fundraising; Judi Lamble: Administration, artistic, organizational development; Mark Collier: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Courtney Gerber: Education, volunteerism, audience development; Patrick Rhone: Artistic; Liz Xiong: Audience development, artistic, Community Education; Jennifer Nicklay: Education, artistic, administration.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$5,000

Direct expenses

$15,000

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

A total of 480 people will attend performances over the course of the Spring Season and 90% of these audience members and artists will evaluate their experience in the performance as positive. 70% of audience members completing the post-performance survey will report an increase in knowledge regarding the topic of the evening. The total number of audience members attending the spring season will be calculated based off of ticket sales. Guest and artist feedback will be collected through informal interviews post-performance and audience member feedback will be gathered through post-performance surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience surveys showed that 97.79% of participants had a positive experience at our shows and 95.14% learned something new as a result of attending. 683 people attended across 8 different shows.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Eric Bruce, Molly Chase, Molly Matheson Groen, Susan Bordson

Project Manager

Brandon

Boat

Danger Boat Productions LLC AKA The Theater of Public Policy

5428 Penn Ave S

Minneapolis

55419