Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
MN Express is a bus of five musicians, all former participants of the Cedar's 416 Club Commissions Program, touring the state to perform scheduled, ticketed public concerts and impromptu pop-up gigs in and around schools, town squares, and other public spaces.
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.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; 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.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Jeffery Amundson: Executive Director, Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale; Christopher Atkins: Coordinator, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Sharon Bailey: Artist, Arts Administrator; Tania Blanich: Executive Director, Rourke Art Gallery Museum; Molly Chase: Managing director, Springboard for the Arts; board member and managing director, HUGE Improv Theater; Elisabeth Comeaux: Fundraiser / development manager, Minnesota Opera; Vanessa Healey: Production Stage Manager and Performing Arts Manager, Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts; performing arts, production and arts administration; Rebecca Petersen: Executive director, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra; Luverne Seifert: Head of BA Performance, Department of Theater Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota. Co-founder of Sod House Theater Company.
ACHF Arts Access
Five Minnesota artists will present their pieces that were commissioned by The Cedar in six communities throughout Minnesota. This outcome will be evaluated based on the successful completion of presenting Cedar-commissioned work in multiple communities and feedback from those communities in the form of follow-up meetings, surveys, and short video interviews. 2: Five Twin Cities-based artists will visit communities outside of the Metro Area to present to new audiences as determined by their geography. We will log number of people reached as determined by ticket sales and those gathered at pop-up performances. Feedback from audience members will indicate if the performances were perceived as high quality and whether they provided a new experience.
Five Minnesota artists adapted previously commissioned works through new collaborations and spent 10 days performing in six Minnesota communities. 2: MN Express performed concerts for new audiences in five communities outside of the Metro Area: Austin, Grand Rapids, Duluth, Morris, and Northfield.
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