Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Mizna's Twelfth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at 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; 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, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Courtney Kupsch: Fundraising, audience development, marketing, artistic; Kate Tucker: General administration, fundraising, education; Anton Jones: Artistic, education, community service, development; Molly Doran: Community service, development, volunteerism, general administration; Anna Eveslage: Artistic, education; Romi Slowiak: Organizational development, general administration, community service, development; Anitra Budd: General administration, audience development, marketing, organizational development.
ACHF Cultural Heritage
At least 1500 people attend over the 4 days of the film fest including at least 20 short and feature length films and documentaries. Audiences of at least three screenings will have the opportunity to engage in public dialogue with visiting and local filmmakers and community leaders through Q and As, panel discussions, and creative presentations. To measure attendance we will do manual audience/participant counts as well as count anonymous surveys given out to audiences at each screening. We will also measure the impact of films and live events through the depth and quality of dialogue and through the anonymous surveys. We will verify our attendance numbers against box office data from the Walker and from the Saint Anthony Main.
The majority of survey respondents indicated that the films viewed were important to their communities and themselves. As predicted, the festival was also able to provide a platform to 30 Arab and Arab American filmmakers, not to mention the cast and crew involved with the films. The festival also attracted over 1,500 audience members.
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