Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,551
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Taous C. Khazem AKA Taous Claire Khazem
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Kandiyohi
Rice
Yellow Medicine
Kandiyohi
Rice
Yellow Medicine
Project Overview

Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details

Sunrise at Midnight, a dynamic theater piece with original songs that bring together stories from the Kabyle folktale tradition from Algeria, will tour to four different communities in greater Minnesota.

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

Darcey Engen: Coartistic director, Sod House Theater; theater professor, Augsburg University; Nathan Hanson: Composer and saxophonist; Arts Board grantee; Kurt Kwan: Actor; Pillsbury House Theatre artistic associate; David Marty: Former President, Reif Arts Council; Christine Murakami Noonan: Marketing and advertising supervisor, Minnesota State Fair; former MRAC board chair; Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha: Freelance director, actor and theater educator; James Rocco: Director and producer; former producing artistic director, Ordway

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650

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
$23,551
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,156
Direct expenses
$26,707
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesota audiences will engage with North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture through theater. Audiences in attendance will participate in a post-show discussion after having seen Sunrise at Midnight to ask any questions the play raises for them about cultural practices, religious influences, and folktale traditions. 2: Audience member's views of North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture are expanded and deepened. Before each show the audience will be invited to write on a paper collected anonymously about what comes to mind when they hear North Africa/Arab/Muslim/Berber. After the performance they will be invited to do the same and note any changes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

MN audience will engage with North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture through theater. Audiences in Northfield, Granite Falls, and New London engaged in lively post-show discussions. They asked questions notably of storytelling traditions and cultural practices. 2: Audience members views of North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture are expanded and deepened. In Northfield audiences were invited to write on paper collected anonymously about how their views had changed and expanded. In Granite Falls and New London audiences expressed this through discussion.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Taous
Last Name
Khazem
Organization Name
Taous C. Khazem AKA Taous Claire Khazem
State
MN
Phone
(612) 237-1476x c
Email
tkhazem@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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