Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
Shapiro and Smith Dance will present public performances and conduct empowering outreach activities with women's shelters, female first responders, seniors, and dance students in New Ulm, Detroit Lakes, and Saint Cloud.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 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: 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. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.
Alexandra Eady: Performer and dance teacher, Ananya Dance Theatre; Rae French: International programs and study abroad coordinator, University of Minnesota Crookston; Richard Gardner: Library assistant, Northfield Public Library; Amy Hunter: Retired educator; board member, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts; Kenichi Thomas: Touring musician DJ Just Nine
ACHF Arts Access
Through arts activities participants will gain a new and meaningful understanding of dance and movement's power to communicate. We will gather participant responses through written surveys, discussions, recorded reflections and interviews with partner organizations assessing participants new and deeper understanding of dance's communicative power.
Through arts activities participants will gain a new and meaningful understanding of dance and movement's power to communicate. Participants were very emotional after our arts activities and said they were seeing their own stories in our performances. Many were crying after the shows. Detroit Lakes and Northfield used written surveys for evaluation.
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