Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Queertopia
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2018
End Date
July 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Queertopia 2019.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Abby Frank Taylor: General Administration, Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing; Betsy Mowry Voss: General Management / Administration, Youth Programming, Community Service / Development; Jake Anderson: General Administration, Finance, Audience Development / Marketing; Junauda Petrus: Artistic, Community Education, Community Service / Development; Leah Battin: Education, Artistic, General Administration; Mackenzie Catton: Artistic, General Administration, Volunteerism; Prabana Balapuwaduge Mendis: Artistic, Organizational Development, Education; Sarah Borchers: Community Education, Fundraising, Organizational Development; Tikki Brown: General Management / Administration, Organizational Development, Community Service / Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Kathy Mouacheupao (651) 645-0402

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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,332
Direct expenses
$10,332
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Seven curators will curate six performance artists or performing groups and six visual artists who will showcase their work together for four performances/exhibition times. Artists, curators and technicians will be supported in the process through one curatorial retreat, one artist potluck, one works-in-progress showing, daily circle time during show week, and one post-show aftercare picnic. We will collect feedback from audience members with open-ended prompts on a survey. Artists will evaluate Queertopia, the curators, and each other at the aftercare picnic and evaluation resulting from that picnic will be harvested and considered by curators in future planning.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Eight curators and one guest curator, eight performing artists and three visual artists produced a showcase that served 600 audience members. Artists, curators and technicians built community with each other through participating in one curatorial retreat, one potluck gathering, two works-in-progress showings, daily circle time during tech and performance week and one post-show aftercare picnic.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Erin Sharkey, Nastalie Bogira, Asher Edes, Chandler Daily
Project Manager
First Name
Chandler
Last Name
Daily
Organization Name
Queertopia
Street Address
616 S 19th Ave Ste 1
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55454
Phone
(708) 217-2301
Email
queertopiatc@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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency