Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,176
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Flying Foot Forum
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
May 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Fillmore
Itasca
Martin
Rice
Blue Earth
Fillmore
Itasca
Martin
Rice
Project Overview

Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details

Flying Foot Forum will tour French Twist, a fantastical mélange of hyperkinetic dancing, rapid-fire rhyming, wildly inventive percussion and live onstage music to greater Minnesota communities with accompanying outreach activities.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kim Christianson: Cochair of Marshall Area Fine Arts Council performance committee; Trisha Kirk: Director of marketing and communications, Guthrie Theater; Delon Lyren: Professor of high brass and jazz, Bemidji State University; also assistant festival director, JENerations Jazz Festival; Katie Marshall: Executive director, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids; Nicole Mulder: Executive director, Theatre L'Homme Dieu; Sennami Onwubuya: Political organizer; Rebecca Petersen: Director of development, West Central Initiative; former executive director of Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,176
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,806
Direct expenses
$57,982
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Greater Minnesotans will have a unique experience by engaging with Flying Foot Forum's wildly comic percussive performance and experiential workshops. Post-show discussions; Audience/workshop attendee responses at each event; Responses from local media, emails and posts on social media; Interviews with presenters during the tour and in follow-up.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences in greater Minnesota had a unique artistic experience by engaging with Flying Foot Forum's distinctive sense of humor and style of percussive dance. To evaluate the outcome we used: feedback from post-show discussions; box office records; feedback from workshop participants; emails and posts on social media; and follow-up interviews with presenters.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Joan Loshek, Timothy Fuller, Joe Chvala
Project Manager
First Name
Joe
Last Name
Chvala
Organization Name
Flying Foot Forum
Street Address
3105 Garfield Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408-2930
Phone
(612) 825-4291
Email
jobohe56@gmail.com
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
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