Arts Education

Brandon Boat: Boat is one of the cofounders of Danger Boat Productions, which produces The Theater of Public Policy. In more than 600 performances around the country, he has created brand new formats, as well as pushed boundaries for improvisational theater. Through live performances, in person installations, as well as digital bots, he's helped audiences explore big ideas through comedy. He received a BA in history from Gustavus Adolphus College and has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network Twin Cities (YNPN-TC), Minnesota Public Radio's (MPR) Generation Listen, and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association.; Amy Driscoll: Driscoll is the development manager at the Minnesota Boychoir in Saint Paul. Besides her professional role, Driscoll is connected to the arts as a performer, parent, event volunteer, and patron. She holds a degree in nursing and spent 30 years as a registered nurse before embarking on her second career in fundraising and development.; Jenna Kubly: Kubly received her PhD in drama from Tufts University. Kubly served on the Tufts Library committee, Tufts graduate student awards committee, and the graduate committee for the American Society for Theater Research. She has convened/presented with numerous theater history research groups, and published reviews, encyclopedia articles, and original research. Kubly's theater production credits include the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Box Wine Theater, and the Phipps Center.; Kelly Lundquist: Originally from Mississippi, Kelly Foster Lundquist now directs the AFA in Creative Writing program at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and is on the Teaching Artist Roster for the Central Minnesota Arts Board. Among other places, her nonfiction and poetry have appeared in Last Syllable Lit, Whale Road Review, and Image Journal. Her first book, Beard: A Memoir, will be published by Eerdmans in 2025.; Kristin Prideaux: Prideaux graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BFA in photography in 2000. She is a self-employed photographer who focuses on portraits, sports, and fine art projects. She has volunteered on the Visual Arts Committee for ArtReach St. Croix for the past four years. She works as the Business Outreach and Social Media Manager for the Greater Stillwater Area Green Business Directory.; Zola Rosenfeld: Rosenfeld is a trauma informed preschool teacher at the Minneapolis campus of the national nonprofit Jeremiah Program, where she works to disrupt the generational cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children. Originally from San Francisco, Rosenfeld graduated with her BS in early childhood education in May 2023 from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. While passionate about all art forms as a patron, she is most experienced as an art hobbyist in theater arts and music. She currently serves as a house manager and season planning committee member at Theatre in the Round Players.; Elizabeth Tevis: Tevis is youth services coordinator at La Crosse County Library, where she oversees youth programs, staff, and collection logistics at five library locations. She completed her Certificate of Book Arts from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and has served as a writer and editor for various nonprofits. She received a Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Emerging Artist grant in 2022 to implement community engaged art activities in Winona County. She participated in the 2022 Creative Community Leadership Institute. She earned a master of liberal studies in literary nonfiction from the University of Minnesota and holds a master of library and information studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.; Erin Wojciechowski: Wojciechowski currently works at the University of Minnesota Duluth as a faculty member in the social work department, but previously spent ten years in the nonprofit sector, serving in a variety of roles from program coordinator to executive director. Wojciechowski is a current board member of the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival and loves to spend her free time seeing local music and supporting arts initiatives.