Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant
Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant
Zitkála-Šá Opera: Paying for my time animating vignettes of Zitkála-Šá's life story
Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Roxann Berglund: musician; Bill Payne: Professor of Theater at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Liz Engelman: dramaturg, founder and director of Tofte Lake Center; Jessica Peterson: essayist, playwright, co-founder of Yellow Tree Theater; Erin Cain: University of Minnesota-Duluth Student Liaison
Emily Derke: traditional craft artist, instructor at North House Folk School; Lucy Soderstrom: Program Coordinator at Ely Folk School; Peggy Poitra: Director of TRIO programs at Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Creators: Director and Co-Producer- Sequoia Hauck (St. Paul) Composer- Lyz Jaakola (Fond du Lac) Librettist- Hannah Johnson (Duluth) Visual Artist- Moira Voillard (Duluth) Cast: Jagger Jaakola (Fond du Lac) Jaysalynn Western Boy (Pine City) Adrienne Zimiga-January (Minneapolis) Lorna ?Emmy? Her Many Horses (Pine Ridge, SD) Instrumentals: Piano- Jenni LeGarde (Duluth) Flute- Lyz Jaakola (Fond du Lac) Hand Drums- Oshkii Giizhik Singers (Fond du Lac) Violin- Mitch Bercier (Fond du Lac) Crew: Marino Spencer- Sound Editor (Albuquerque, NM) Courtney Cochran- Film Editor (St. Paul) Mitch Bercier- Sound Engineer (Fond du Lac) Thomas Draskovic- Music Director (St. Paul) AOT has evaluative tools in place to assess their own goals for the film and with the musicians involved. They will track ticket sales analytics, social media engagement geography. Having sold-out (tickets are pay-as-you're-able) screening at 2 local venues (likely FDLTCC and one location tbd) will indicate a successful outreach in our local community. Pertaining to the educational goals with audiences reporting learning about new historical figures, we'll use on-site surveys from screening events and surveys sent to our email lists. For goals pertaining to collaboration and networking, there will be a post-production focus group with artists/team asking What worked? What changes are needed? I will be soliciting feedback throughout the entire progress as I mold an animation that reflects the creative vision of the whole time. Positive local press and reviews will also be indicative of success.
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