Community Arts
Community Arts
2017 Picnic Operetta Metro Tour Funding for the ninth annual Picnic Operetta, a musical theater project that will combine story-specific picnic tasting menu with live operatic performances. A traveling series of 8 performances will be staged outdoors at collaborating Twin Cities area community gardens and urban farms, including locations in North Minneapolis, Frogtown and the East Side of St Paul during summer 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.
Zhen Zou: Education, general management, artistic; Emmy Carter: Fundraising, education, artistic; Kevin Vollmers: Fundraising, audience development, organizational development; Liane Olson: Administration, fundraising, community education; Marjorie Fedyszyn: Artistic, education, volunteerism; Colleen Zuro-White: General administration, organizational development, volunteerism; Tisidra Jones: Artistic, administration; Tiffany Kong: Computer systems, administration, organizational development; Nicole Matter: Administration.
ACHF Arts Access
Mixed Precipitation will present ten metro area performances at community gardens, farm, vineyards and parks. We will develop new partnerships with organizations serving youth to increase the numbers of audience members under 18 to attend our performance. Post-performance survey, artist and staff survey and surveys from our host partners will be used to influence future planning. The Picnic Operetta planning team, which includes key artistic staff, production management, marketing, audience services and education facilitators, will work with an independent consultant to develop recommendations for future productions.
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