Arts Project Support
Arts Project Support
Publishing Mizna: Prose, Poetry, and Art Exploring Arab America
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
Abby Frank Taylor: General Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development/Planning; Alneida Madrigal: Youth Programming, Organizational Development, General Administration; Emma Marlar: Artistic, Technical Production, Education; Hannah Smith: Community Service / Development, Equity (DEI) Specialist, Organizational Development; Keliyah Perkins: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Program Development; Loren Niemi: General Management / Administration, Artistic, Organizational Development / Planning.
ACHF Arts Access
30% of readers and audience members will be exposed for the first time to contemporary Arab American literature. Since 2012, Mizna's subscribers have increased by 54%. We aim for an increase of 20% over the next year, focused on regaining author subscriptions and reaching new readers in New York and Los Angeles. We aim to increase attendance at our Saint Paul journal releases by 10% (130 at a Feb '19 release to 143). We also aim to increase the authors who submit their work with us by 20%. We will continue to measure our increase in social media followers. In taking the journal online, we will share a web-based survey with subscribers to help shape what the site will be and evaluate the site with a survey afterward. We will distribute surveys at the two release events. Will seek writer feedback on the publication process and feedback from the Writing Group on their goals. Documentation: Publish two issues; capture photos and audio of readings.
Despite the global pandemic, we were able to achieve our artistic goals. We published the two planned themed issues of Mizna, the Queer + Trans Voices issue and the Comix issue. Each had thoughtful, caring, and in-depth guest editing by artists who are experts in their fields, award-winning novelist and writer Zeyn Joukhadar for the QT issue and award-winning comics artist Leila Abdelrazaq for the Comix issue.?
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