Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Transatlantic Love Affair
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Activities Support
Project Details
Funding to develop a new work reimagining the story of Hansel and Gretel as a tale of immigration. Performances will be presented at the Guthrie Theater's Dowling Studio as part of the 2016-2017 season.
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
No
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
$12,100
Direct expenses
$22,100
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Transatlantic Love Affair will broaden the diversity of our pool of collaborators by casting five individuals of color and/or immigrant identity with whom we have not previously worked; these collaborators will experience a broadening of their artistic skill-set through working with Transatlantic Love Affair. We intend to have over 750 total audience members attend the run of live performances, with a minimum of 25% of these (188) being individuals who have never attended a Transatlantic Love Affair performance. Artist participant outcomes will be evaluated by auditing our final cast/collaborator list to confirm the inclusion of five new collaborators of color/immigrant identity, and through surveys of new collaborators. Audience participant outcomes will be measured by ticket sales (raw number of attendees) and audience surveys (to identify individuals who have never before seen a Transatlantic Love Affair performance).

Measurable Outcome(s)

Based on respondents to an audience survey, 64.6% of our 2,500+ audience members had never before seen a Transatlantic Love Affair production, and 98.4% said that they would recommend our work to others. TLA has broadened and diversified its pool of collaborators. In a survey of these new collaborators, all respondents shared that working with TLA had developed their skill-set as performers.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Flannery Clark, Robin Gillette, John Heimbuch, Sarah Hilton, Bonnie Morris, Isabel Nelson, Michael Robins, Sally Wingert
Project Manager
First Name
Isabel
Last Name
Nelson
Organization Name
Transatlantic Love Affair
Street Address
414 Edmund Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55103
Phone
(612) 325-5778
Email
transatlanticloveaffair@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency