Flexible Support
Flexible Support
Intergenerational Connection for Northern Spark
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.
Barry Kleider, Artistic, Education, Program Development; Brighton McCormick, Artistic, Program Development, Education; Dan Adolphson, Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing, Fundraising; Jeannine Burnette, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Artistic, Program Development; Leah Monson, Artistic; Phillip McGraw, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Artistic, Marketing/Audience Development; Sophia Ogren-Dehn, General Management/ Administration/ Support, Artistic, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion.
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 ; Community dialogue (group conversations with a large group) ; Reviewing recorded information or documentation (such as finances, attendance records, work plans) ; Observation
Artist and audience participants in this project felt connected to their culture and heritage through visual and performing arts activities. They also expanded audiences for their work at street festivals that catered to broad publics. Participating artists have already received an increase in requests to perform at new venues from this exposure. We know this because project organizers had informal onsite conversations with participating artists and audience members. We did not end up surveying or having broad community conversation. We recorded event attendance, financial receipts, contracts and contact information for all artists for future projects and reviewed these as a project team.
Other,local or private