Arts Project Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Barebones Productions AKA Barebones Puppets
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2020
End Date
November 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Project Support

Project Details

27th Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Craig Dunn: Arts Accessibility Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Professional; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Coordinator of Community Programs; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Emma Marlar: Artistic, Technical Production, Education; Julia Gay: Artistic, Community Service / Development, Education; Karla Nweje: Artistic, Education, General Administration; Loren Niemi: General Management / Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development / Planning; Susan Tarnowski: General Administration, Education, Organizational Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$62,088
Direct expenses
$72,088
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

BareBones will staff a community theater-style cast and crew of approximately 360 people for our 27th annual Halloween Extravaganza, including about 84% (304) volunteers and 16% (56) contractors, to produce five scheduled performances for an estimated audience of 1,391 average nightly and 6,957 total. About 70% (252) of the cast and crew will primarily be in visual and/or performing artistic roles and about 30% (108) primarily in non-artistic roles. Project staff will track the number of volunteers by category, capture an audience count nightly, administer an electronic evaluation questionnaire to contractors in November (excluding EMTs and police), and gather post-performance audience feedback using a SurveyMonkey.com tool for volunteer respondents accessed via links and QR code printed in our program and posted on our website and our Facebook account. The Board of Directors will personally debrief the Production Manager and Artistic Co-Directors by November 14th and host a facilitated feedback process for contractors and volunteers as part of BareBones Productions' Annual Meeting on November 15th.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our project produced 34 works of visual and performing art by 45 project Artists and involved ~93 total personnel. Of those, 49 (53%) were contractors and 44 (47%) were volunteers on individual works. Contractors were 44 (90%) Artistic and 5 (10%) Administrative, and volunteers were 38 (86%) Artistic and 6 (14%) Administrative. Audiences for each work were either uncounted, unestimated or unknown.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved none of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Phil Dumka, Joe Sullivan, Chris Paddington, Peter Schulze, Ewart Martens, Madeline Helling, Brian Brugioni, Bailey Foster
Project Manager
First Name
Brent
Last Name
Harring
Organization Name
Barebones Productions AKA Barebones Puppets
Street Address
PO Box 7246
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 374-9103
Email
puppets@barebonespuppets.org
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