Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
To host the Climb Theatre to present two performances at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, and M State, Moorhead.
Don Clark: Minnesota State University-Moorhead Professor, photography; Eric Abrahamson: Business owner/painter, stage manager, actor; Mark Ryan: Plains Art Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Nancy Berns: Radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Carolyn Aarsvold: Retired elementary music educator, violinist; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager, catering business owner; Gary Henrickson: former professor of literature; Minette Stalheim-Johnson; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, sculptor; Amy Schmidt: literary artist, visual artist, bookstore owner.
Don Clark: Minnesota State University-Moorhead Professor, photography; Mark Ryan: Plains Art Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Nancy Berns: Radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Gary Henrickson: former professor of literature; Amy Ann Mursu: Attorney/Owner Lakeview Trust and Estate Law, musician, volunteer arts board member; Minette Stalheim-Johnson; Timothy Ray: actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager, catering business owner; Kari Adams; Michael Eble: professor, gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, sculptor; Amy Schmidt: literary artist, visual artist, bookstore owner.
Lake Region Arts Council, Maxine Adams (218) 739-5780
ACHF Arts Access
A Deeper Look (ADL) Our attendance goal is to have at least 125 students and community members attend each production, measured by counting all audience members. The following goals will be measured through responses from a short survey distributed to audience members following the play: A Deeper Look (ADL) Our attendance goal is to have at least 125 students and community members attend each production, measured by counting all audience members. The following goals will be measured through responses from a short survey distributed to audience members following the play: To have at least 65% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Do you think this play will affect your attitude about people who are different from you? At least 90% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Do you think ADL had a good script? At least 90% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Do you think ADL had good actors? At least 90% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Do you think ADL had good direction? At least 90% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Would you recommend CLIMB’S presentation to others? Feeling History (FH) At least 90% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Do you think FH was good theatre? At least 50% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: I know more about African American history than I did before. At least 75% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: I have more empathy for African Americans than I did before. At least 50% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Are you more aware of the inequality African Americans experienced many years ago? At least 75% of the audience reply ‘yes’ to: Are you more aware of the inequality African Americans still experience today?We will measure our results by counting people in the audience and by giving a survey to all audience members. CLIMB’s actors will collect the surveys. They will tally results and submit them to CLIMB’s Outreach Engineer, Jessica Hassler. Jessica will email the evaluation results to me and to Chesay Colson at M State.
Did not reach anticipated audience number goals, due to weather impact and rescheduling issues. Survey responses: A Deeper Look, Minnesota State University-Moorhead and M-State 100% of audience replied ‘yes’ to: Do you think this play will affect your attitude about people who are different from you? 100% … replied ‘yes’ to: Do you think A Deeper Look had a good script? 100% … replied ‘yes’ to: Do you think A Deeper Look had good actors? 100% … replied ‘yes’ to: Do you think A Deeper Look had good direction? 100% … replied ‘yes’ to: Would you recommend Climb Theatre’s presentation to others? Feeling History 95% of audience replied ‘yes’ to: Do you think Feeling History was good theatre? 98% … replied ‘yes’ to: I know more about African American history than I did before. 81% … replied ‘yes’ to: I have more empathy for African Americans than I did before. 88% … replied ‘yes’ to: Are you more aware of the inequality African Americans experienced many years ago? 91% … replied ‘yes’ to: Are you more aware of the inequality African Americans still experience today?