Community Arts
Community Arts
"Body and Sold" Funding to support Chain Reaction Theatre Project's production "Body and Sold," a documentary play which portrays the stories of nine juvenile sex trafficking survivors in five major US cities, including Minneapolis. Performances will occur in October and November 2017 at seven Twin Cities metro area sites in Minnetonka, Minneapolis, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Woodbury, and Prior Lake.
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.
Mica Anders: General administration; Maya Beck: Artistic, general administration, community service, development; Andi Cheney: Organizational development, general administration, finance; Tia-Simone Gardner: Artistic, youth programming, community service, development; Alneida Madrigal: General administration, organizational development, youth programming; Laura Nahri: Fundraising, general management, administration, organizational development; Ricardo Vazquez: Artistic, audience development, marketing, community education; Magnolia Yang Sao Yia: Artistic, community education, youth programming.
ACHF Arts Access
Twenty-two artists will bring to the stage an inspirational, entertaining and thought-provoking performance; that will create awareness of juvenile sex trafficking in our communities, for at least 350 people; in seven Twin Cities metro locations, with audience surveys indicating that at least 75% of respondents feel inspired to take action as a result of the performance. At least eight nonprofit organizations will participate in post-show discussions and assist us in providing answers to audience questions and giving ideas on how people can become a part of the solution. Anticipated outcomes will be evaluated through the use of audience surveys in playbills, gauging of audience reactions in post-show talkback/panel discussions and feedback from nonprofit representatives as to audience response. Engagement will also be measured through social media analytics, reposts, shares and comments.
Reactions from our 760 audience members in 235 surveys, as well as in-person following performances, indicate that they were strongly moved by the performances, and were made much more aware of sex trafficking in our communities. We partnered with 11 organizations, shining a spotlight on the important work that they are doing, inspiring audience members to be part of the solution.
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