Arts Project Support
Arts Project Support
Lao New Year Celebration
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; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; 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
Alice Kim: General Management/ Administration/ Support, Marketing/Audience Development, Fundraising; Jeff Ambroz: Artistic, Fundraising, General Administration; Kajsa Jones: Fundraising, Artistic, Education; Kathy Mattson, Organizational Development / Planning, Volunteerism, Fundraising; Larry Weinberg: Artistic, Community Education, Youth Programming; Lydia Four Horns: Artistic, Community Education, Youth Programming; Rachel Bender: Community Education, General Administration, Education; Scott Swanson: General Management / Administration, Artistic, Finance / Audit.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Kathy Mouacheupao (651) 645-0402
ACHF Arts Access
For 95% of survey responses from the artists who participate in this project will indicate that they learned how to perform one or more traditional Lao dance. To administer a short survey to the artists / students participating in this project who are ten years of age or older at the completion of the project.
All participants (12 youth and 10 adults) participating in the program were wearing traditional Lao costumes and learned how to do a traditional Lao dance. The audience that viewed the live performance also learned about traditional Lao culture and dance. See the performance on our Facebook site: Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show.
Other,local or private