Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Morgan Thorson and Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2018
End Date
February 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Public Love

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayala: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Vice President for Advancement; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of MN Founder and Executive Director; See More Perspective: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach St. Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter, LLP Attorney; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Deanna StandingCloud: Tiwahe Foundation Program and Community Network Director.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ahmed Anzald·a: Artistic, Audience Development, Marketing, Organizational Development; Angela Bernhardt: Fundraising, General Management, Administration, Community Service, Development; Courtney Kupsch: Youth Programming, Audience Development, Marketing, Fundraising; Dee Baskin: Community Education, Volunteerism, Audience Development, Marketing; Kate Tucker: General Administration, Fundraising, Education; Melissa Clark: Artistic, Community Education, Computer Systems, Web Design; Richie Yang: Artistic, Education, Community Education; Victoria Pyan: Artistic, Finance, Community Service, Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$78,990
Direct expenses
$88,990
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We intend to measure the outcomes of this project quantitatively. We will tally the total number of attendees at all of our grant activities (performances and community events) as well as the overall number of artists involved the production. Through audience feedback sessions, and conversations with viewers post-performance, we will ask questions regarding the audiences' ability to sense the inside of the dance, as well as the privacy or intimacy within. In addition, we will ask if they became aware of their body while viewing, and how they touched/connected physically or kinesthetically to the space and to the images/sounds in the work. We will also count the number of people that attend all performances and project events.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Two qualitative outcomes: Audience and participants were surprised by the final production. Attendees said that the work expressed in ways that they did not expect to see, providing a feeling that was "expansive and delightful". Artists in the project experienced new areas of expression as they pushed and expanded their craft into a deeply collaborative and interdisciplinary process.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes.
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Non Edwards, Sam Johnson, Aparna Ramaswamy, Morgan Thorson, Pramila Vasudivan
Project Manager
First Name
Morgan
Last Name
Thorson
Organization Name
Morgan Thorson and Company
Street Address
3112 10th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407-1604
Phone
(612) 221-3416
Email
emorgant@earthlink.net
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