Community Arts
Community Arts
Funding for the Saint Paul Snowblower Ballet, a one-time, public arts performance project involving dancers from the Saint Paul Ballet and musicians from the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra presenting a free, outdoor winter dance performance incorporating snowblowers, snow shovels and flying snow. The performance will also be shared to the world through an online video. The Saint Paul Snowblower Ballet will be at Harriet Island in St Paul in January 2018.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Robert Cuerden: Audience development, marketing, fundraising, organizational, development, planning; Janet Fried: Artistic, education; Laura Krider: General management, administration, artistic; Vong Lee: Artistic, youth programming, community service, development; Anna Min: Audience development, marketing, organizational development; Noel Nix: Community service, development, general administration, organizational development; Nasibu Sareva: General administration, fundraising, community service, development; Joyce Strand: Youth programming; Joko Sutrisno: Artistic, education, audience development, marketing, general administration.
ACHF Arts Access
The proposed outcomes will be 500 people attended a ballet performed by 80 artists, and a video of the ballet was be viewed 700 times. An audience survey showed that half of the attendees experienced a ballet for the first time and 95 percent experienced a snowblower ballet for the first time, and leadership of the Saint Paul Ballet and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra indicated a desire to work together again. Anticipated outcomes will be measured by audience and participant counts and counts of video views. An audience survey will measure the percent of the audience that has seen a performance of this type before, and interviews with the leadership of the Saint Paul Ballet and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will indicate the potential for future collaborations.
Since we have not yet been able to put on a performance, we cannot claim any artistic successes at this point, or any significant outcomes, beyond a proof-of-concept performance that was seen by approximately 100 people, funded by a separate grant.
Other, local or private