Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Fire Drill

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2016

End Date

August 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to create and present Bill: The Musikill, a multimedia performance piece with Los Angeles-based sound poet Tom Comitta. The evening-length performance will premiere at the Southern Theater in July 2017 as part of Momentum: New Dance Works.

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

Carrie Vecchione: Administration, artistic, youth programming; Daniel Peltzman: Administration, organizational development; Denise Tennen: Artistic, Community Education, finance; Kari Schloner: Administration, artistic, finance; Lacey Prpic Hedtke: Artistic, administration, fundraising; Christopher Bineham: Administration, fundraising, artistic; Sara Kleinsasser Tan: Administration, artistic, education; Adam Courville: Administration, Community Education, artistic; Huda Farah: Community Education.

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

$7,600

Direct expenses

$17,600

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will create a unique multidisciplinary arts experience that includes both a full production in the Momentum: New Dance Works Festival and supporting engagement activities. This project will be relevant to 11 artists and 800-900 audience members. We will evaluate the artistic quality and innovation of the work by soliciting verbal and written feedback from respected peers, as well as the artistic team’s review of performance documentation. We will assess audience engagement by ticket sales, audience comments and feedback. We also plan to distribute surveys to audience members and workshop participants, to learn more about who makes up our audience and how the project has impacted them.

Measurable Outcome(s)

410+ audience members experienced a multidisciplinary arts activity, which included 10 Minnesota artists and 1 national artist. Minnesota-based emerging artists got the opportunity to collaborate with a national (Los Angeles-based) artist.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Emily Gastineau, Billy Mullaney, Tom Comitta, Charles Campbell, Anat Shinar

Project Manager

Emily

Gastineau

Fire Drill

512 24th St E

Minneapolis

55404