Community Arts
Community Arts
Spanish Flamenco Singer's Residency for the Twin Cities Flamenco Community. Funding to host the residency of a professional Flamenco singer from Spain for 20 activities including 15 classes, four performances, and a community activity that focus on flamenco singing, culture, and tradition. Activities will be held over three weeks in June 2017.
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.
Denise Prosek: Artistic, administration; Jeanne Morales: Finance, artistic, fundraising; Edie Abnet: Artistic; Jessie Roelofs: Education; Liz Lassiter: Youth programming, artistic, community education; Brittany Lynch: Artistic, organizational development, community service; Maja Wheeler: Artistic, general administration; Mike Alberti: Artistic, education, finance; Tom Loftus: General administration, audience development, artistic.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Greg Nielsen (651) 645-0402
ACHF Arts Access
We will send an evaluation survey to participants in our classes and community activity to examine our first artistic goal: to increase familiarity and understanding with flamenco, e.g. what the participants learned and discovered about Flamenco singing and its role in the art form, how their goals in Flamenco have shifted from before to after their participation, etc. Also, we will have an evaluation meeting among the performers and students who participate in our Tablao and outreach performances to collect their reflection on their artistic growth, the second artistic goal. The third goal, to make outreach to new audiences, will be measured by asking the audience members about their previous experiences with flamenco in a short survey. We will send an evaluation survey to participants in our classes and community activity. Also, we will have an evaluation meeting among the performers and students. A short survey will be conducted to the audience members who will watch our performances. Also, we will conduct audience/participants count in each event.
43 people attended 15 classes. We provided 4 students work-study opportunities. 50 people from the Flamenco community attended the free community gathering. 350 adults and youth attended two public performances by 17 local professional and student performers and the resident artists. More than 70% of the participants indicated positive impacts on their Flamenco learning and experience.
Other, local or private