Flexible Support
Flexible Support
Rain Taxi's Online Literary Service Expands and Deepens
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; Halee Kirkwood, Artistic, Volunteerism, Education; Juleana Enright, Artistic, Marketing/Audience Development, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Margo Gray, Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Sam Conrad, Accessibility/Disability Access, 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) ; Surveying (paper or online)
Rain Taxi virtual and online programs connected 175 artists to new audiences of over 30,000 viewers, expanding our reach globally during the pandemic and allowing more readers to learn about aesthetically adventurous authors; our revamped Twin Cities Literary Calendar directed thousands of people to virtual (and eventually in-person) events happening around town. Through audience and participant surveys (one respondent said, ?These kinds of online arts events have been the saving grace in this pandemic?), online analytics (6,000 replays on YouTube!), and regular staff and board evaluations, we gathered data to improve our virtual platform and hone our skills to produce quality events that allowed for an engaging, intimate, and inspiring series of 30 online programs during the grant year and 15 virtual Twin Cities Book Festival events, with an additional 16 in-person Festival events on October 16, 2021.