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2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,371
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2013
End Date
April 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Crow Wing
Nobles
Crow Wing
Nobles
Project Overview
Arts Tour Minnesota
Project Details
Ten Thousand Things will tour A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Music Man to audiences in Brainerd, Pine River, and Worthington.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr.: Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri: Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp: Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Lynne Beck: Development Director, COMPAS; Olive Bieringa: Co-director, Body Cartography Project, Dance performance, workshops, films; Rachel Chomet: Actor and Playwright; Jane Gudmundson: Freelance consultant in education and the arts; Carol Gustavson: Traidtional Japanese Shibori Artist; Barbe Hansen: Executive director, Twin Rivers Center for the Arts, Mankato; Exeutive Producer, Sample Night Live; Cheryl Kramer-Milder: Artistic director, County Seat Theater Company, Cloquet; Peter Pestalozzi: Furniture designer/craftsman, Ely; Board member, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council; Steven Schmidt: General manager, City of Rochester Music Department/Riverside Concerts|Christopher Taykalo, Marketing and Development Manager, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 215-1600
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,371
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,924
Direct expenses
$31,295
Administration costs
$1,106
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.28
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We intend to tour three different Ten Thousand Things productions--featuring twenty of the region's finest actors--to five different venues where we have never toured before. Our goal will be to perform for between 75 and 100 individuals per venue - or for a total of 1,125 - 1,500 Minnesotans overall. We will ask each site where we perform to facilitate a survey of its own audience that is both quantitative and qualitative in nature.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Ten Thousand Things Theater toured two productions- featuring the regions finest actors to five community spaces the Ten Thousand Things had previously never partnered with. We took our production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare to Crow Wing County at both Central Lakes College and Crow Wing County Jail in Brainerd, Minnesota. Our next touring show was the Music Man by Meridith Willson. For this production, we went to Nobles County at the Center for Active Living, Nobles County Jail and the Nobles County Integration Collaborative in the city of Worthington, Minnesota. Both productions were received well by our new partner sites and received many accolades. We're proud that Ten Thousand Things Theater was named the Best Theater Experience of 2013 by Minnesota Monthly Magazine and that with the support of the Minnesota State Arts Board, we were able to share this experience with people with barriers to accessing the arts in greater Minnesota.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
John Beal, Todd Boss, Erich Steinbergs, Jon Hallberg, Michelle Hensley, Tricia Hummel, Sha' Cage, Gina Kastel, Shanti Mittra, Michael Morrow, Dan Thomas, Denise Silva, Cindy Kaiser
Project Manager
First Name
Brad
Last Name
Bourn
Organization Name
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Street Address
3153 36th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406-2126
Phone
(612) 203-9502
Email
brad@tenthousandthings.org
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Administered By
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Minnesota State Arts Board

Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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msab@arts.state.mn.us
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