Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Flying Foot Forum

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2016

End Date

September 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the premiere of The Mystery of Pig's Eye, an interactive dance and theater piece to be performed as part of the Ordway’s Flint Hills International Children’s Festival. Performances will take place at the Landmark Center in St Paul in May 2017.

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

Nikki Hunt: Administration, organizational development; Pete Driessen: Artistic, education, Community Education; Michael Fallon: Administration, marketing, education; Rachel Levitt: Marketing; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, fundraising, administration; Hilary Smith: Fundraising, administration, marketing; Lula Saleh: Artistic, volunteerism, general administration; Taous Khazem: Artistic, education; Peter Foster: Marketing, organizational development, 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

$40,550

Direct expenses

$50,550

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To create a site specific percussive dance/music/theater adventure and an exploration that will allow about 1500 audience members to participate in a way that is fun and non-threatening. At the same time, it will allow them to experience virtuosic performances by 16 of the area’s finest artists. We will use feedback from the Festival's director, audience feedback and artist feedback for our evaluation. We will also review video documentation of the show.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Creation of a rich and unique work developed and performed by a diverse group of 20 artists. Audience participation via dancing, singing, walking from place to place, taking part in some scenes, and solving the mystery as part of the event. There were 10 performances reaching 1,700 people. This was the most popular show of the Ordway’s 2017 Flint Hills International Children’s Festival.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Joe Chvala, Joan Loshek, Tim Fuller

Project Manager

Joe

Chvala

Flying Foot Forum AKA Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum

3105 Garfield Ave S

Minneapolis

55408-2930