Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Bark Art! - A Dog and Art Festival
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; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade: Stage Technical Designer and Director.
Heather Bunch: Artistic, Education, Disabilities Specialist; Jada Pulley: Youth Programming, Education, Community Education; Max Erickson: Audience Development, Marketing, Volunteerism, Fundraising; Megan West: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Taous Khazem, Artistic: Youth Programming, General Administration; Tiffany Lange: Artistic, Community Service, Development, Education.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Kathy Mouacheupao (651) 523-6390
ACHF Arts Access
This is the first time we have produced a festival. We are conservatively planning for the following attendance: 200 for Paws 'n' Effect, 500 for the outdoor booth area. We are hoping to reach approximately 400 attendees from the surrounding 4 neighborhoods of the Nokomis East area. We will evaluate the results of the project through encounters with the festival attendees, discussions with cast members, with the OLA Board of Directors, with community participants, and with peers. We will also access information from surveys included in main event program, and made available throughout the festival site. In the past, we have had the highest survey response rates when we directly ask the audience in a post-show announcement and offer a prize drawing for all who fill out a survey. We will hold a drawing for a package of gift cards to local dog related businesses and tickets to the next OLA production to encourage people to fill out the surveys. We will also meet with our community partners post-festival to learn about what things went well, and what things need improvement for the future. We will evaluate these responses and data to improve future outreach, organization of the festival, artistic quality, and access.
A principal outcome is how we made all participants feel welcome at the event. Our board and staff had the opportunity to speak with every person who entered the event by being stationed at the festival entry points. These personal encounters were extremely positive, and were able to answer questions about the event and the company.
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