Community Arts
Community Arts
Lightning Rod.
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.
Aryca Myers: Volunteerism, Audience Development / Marketing, General Administration; Brenna Depies: Youth Programming, Community Education, Artistic; Dan Pinkerton: Artistic, General Administration, Audience Development / Marketing; Kate Lucas: Fundraising, Artistic, Education; Kelli Miles: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Nikkyra Whittaker: Artistic, Volunteerism, Youth Programming; Tri Vo: Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic, Organizational Development.
ACHF Arts Access
Engage artist-participants for the full week of the program, and 85% of our artist-participants will indicate their ability to create new topical works independently. Audience surveys will show that 75% of respondents found Lightning Rod is a productive medium for engaging in political and social current events. We will implement audience surveys and artist-participant surveys, which will include demographic counts and opportunities to give feedback about the experience. Post-show talk backs will be available for audience members, and we will hold a post-production advisory council meeting to discern how we are meeting our goals and how we are moving Lightning Rod forward.
This year saw an increase in sense of connection and ownership. Artists spent three times more hours immersed in the process from previous years and for the first time participating artists showed interest in leading future Lightning Rod iterations. Audience surveys show they felt biggest impact from queer and/or BIPOC representation on stage, that they had experience of "seeing themselves".
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