Community Arts
Beyond the Other Side of the Eye
Funding for Beyond the Other Side of the Eye, an interdisciplinary exhibit and summit of Southeast Asian American futurism and speculative arts. The summit will take place at Bandana Square in St Paul in August 2012.
Jennifer Halcrow: Vice President of Advancement, Second Harvest Heartland; Andrew Sjogren: Community Education, Eastern Carver County Schools; Bjorn Arneson: Assistant Program Director, University of Minnesota Extension; Josh Wise: Minnesota Citizens for the Arts; Melinda Childs: Director of Artist Services, FORECAST Public Art; Nadine Sehnert: Executive Director, Young Audiences of Minnesota; James Lekvin: Board Member, Swandive Theatre; Christina Akers: Company Manager, Teatro del Pueblo.
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
ACHF Arts Access
To preserve and pass down cultural traditions; to engage the community in a positive and meaningful dialogue with other refugees and members of the mainstream community; to create opportunities for future collaboration and support for the arts.Internal and external focus groups; expansion of grassroots network; ability to effectively deliver services to community members.
570 artists and collaborators participated over the course of the project, engaging the community in the preservation of Lao culture.
Other, local or private