Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$101,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
TigerLion Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
May 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Beltrami
Carlton
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Lake
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
St. Louis
Wabasha
Winona
Beltrami
Carlton
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Lake
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
St. Louis
Wabasha
Winona
Project Overview

Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details

TigerLion Arts will tour Nature, an outdoor walking play exploring humankind's relationship to nature through the lives of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau and their mutual love of the natural world to six arboretums and parks in 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
$101,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$43,520
Direct expenses
$144,520
Administration costs
$1,200
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences will explore and deepen their relationship with nature by participating in this unique theatrical experience. TigerLion staff will collect audience surveys with questions about what attendees learned and how it will change their future interactions with nature.

Measurable Outcome(s)

By seeing Nature, audiences spent time in nature, deepening their relationship with it, and learned about Emerson, Thoreau and their contemporaries. TigerLion staff collected paper and online audience surveys with questions about what attendees learned and how it will change their future interactions with nature.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Steve Brooks, Thupten Dadak, Sam Elmore, Tyson Forbes, Shannon Forney, Markell Kiefer, Dianne Lev, Tenzin Ngawang
Project Manager
First Name
Robin
Last Name
Gillette
Organization Name
TigerLion Arts
Street Address
730 2nd Ave S Ste 1400
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55402
Phone
(612) 770-8372
Email
robin@artsprogress.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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