Flexible Support
Flexible Support
WEQY Voice of the East Side - Station Renewal
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.
Daniel Tran, Community Education, General Administration, Artistic; Donna Ray; Halee Kirkwood, Artistic, Volunteerism, Education; Juleana Enright, Artistic, Marketing/Audience Development, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Naomi Ko, 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 ; Reviewing recorded information or documentation (such as finances, attendance records, work plans) ; Observation
Successfully connected more than 100 artists to 3000+ participants at 8 different in-person events over 11 days between Aug. and Nov., with tie-ins for WEQY radio and the WeNEXT Artist series, including: Back-to-School Block Party, Intertribal Mural Jam, Trilingua Cinema?s Hip Hop Film Fest, a movie-night and Trunk-or-Treat with the Railroad Island Neighborhood Group, and ?Braiding Our Stories? installation at the Solidarity Street Fest, and two WeNext performer showcases. Together with local videographers JahPenee Productions and Videos del Sancho made video promo reels for WeNEXT hip-hop performers Brent ?BDF? Foster, Tha Vizualizers (Loric ?Vizzy B? Willsun and Isaiah ?Zay? Ostrue), ?Kaleem the Dream? Alaziz, and Kendrick ?Ken C? Cole. New WEQY radio programs included shows from the WeNEXT artists and a series of housing justice podcasts with ABC Realty. Evaluation conversations with WeNEXT featured and event artists, partner orgs. and attendees.
Other,local or private