Community Arts
Community Arts
A Great and Happy People Funding for "A Great and Happy People," performances of speeches, letters, court rulings, songs, poems, play excerpts, newspaper editorials, and other documents from U.S. history. Each show is centered on a different theme and illustrates the legal and moral evolution of the topics in American history. Monthly performances will take place at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis from January - 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.
ACHF Arts Access
Audience surveys show that 90% of attendees learned something new about U.S. history or the philosophical background of democratic institutions. Artist surveys/interviews show that 75% of participants feel better-equipped to create change through their art thanks to their participation in the project. In addition to collecting box office information to measure basic audience and participant count, we will also conduct audience surveys; record audience responses during post-show Q and As, including a set of standardized questions to use as a baseline read of each performance; and conduct surveys and interviews with participating artists and artistic staff.
215 audience members attended 6 performances created by 38 artists and researchers; our email lists and Facebook connections doubled; 100% of audience members reported they learned something new about U.S. history or politics and 95% of artists reported they feel better-equipped to create change through their art thanks to their participation in the project.
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