Flexible Support
Flexible Support
Funding for Artistic Director's salary from Jan. 2021 - Sept. 2021
Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner; Amanda Cortes: Artspace and Springboard for the Arts; Paul Creager: Square Lake Film and Music Festival Founder and Director; Adrienne Doyle: Juxtaposition Arts Tactical Lead and Development Associate; Craig Dunn: Access Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Interdisciplinary Artist and Sparkle Theatricals Creative Creative Director; Ryan-Olivia McCoy: Black Label Movement and Shapeshift dancer; Christal Moose: Native Arts Collaborative Agency and Native Pride Productions, Inc. Arts Manager and Artist; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Independent Consultant; Andrea Sjogren: Community Education; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Sara Wilson: Lommen Abdo P.A. Attorney; Kate Walker: Valley Chamber Chorale Singer; Lauren White: Augsburg College Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts.
Cigale Ahlquist, Fundraising, Organizational Development, Audience Development / Marketing; Courtney Kupsch, Youth Programming, Audience Development / Marketing, Fundraising; Jim Tarbox, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Marketing/Audience Development, Volunteerism; Leah Battin, Education, Artistic, General Administration; Monica Cruz Zorrilla, Organizational Development, Community Education, Community Service / Development; Samantha Prudhon Falkowski, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Education, Artistic.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
A reduction in geographic, cultural and/or physical barriers to arts participation; a change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition due to arts events; arts groups' are strengthened by connecting to their communities through the arts; artists expand and improve their work and the way in which they create it; artists connect to new audiences, building relationships that provide artistic growth. Interviews/Conversations with participants ; Interviews/Conversations with board/staff/leaders ; Reviewing recorded information or documentation (such as finances, attendance records, work plans) ; Observation ; Surveying (paper or online)
The project of ensuring Funding for Artistic Director's salary from Jan. 2021 - Sept. 2021 resulted in the ability of CastleCo Theatre to provide educational performing arts opportunities to 254 participants (ages 5-67) and 4650 audience members (ages 2-92), including residents of a local long-term care facility, during a time when few other theatre organizations in Dakota County were producing in-person classes/performances and few activities were available to provide safe entertainment for those in long-term care. The project was evaluated at intervals (through feedback from participants, board members, and community partners as well as through recording numbers and ages of participants) to ensure that the Artistic Director was properly planning theatre activities that provided arts education and opportunities, increased access to arts in Dakota County, and adhered to safety guidelines to limit the spread of Covid-19 (only 2 positive cases were reported among participants).