Operating Support
Operating Support
The mission of Kairos Alive! (KA) is to promote intergenerational, interactive dance, music, and story, liberating their power to nurture and heal. We use participatory dance/music/story/theater to make connections, stir the imagination, and energize intergenerational communities.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
ACHF Arts Access
Kairos Alive! will continue to expand our Community Arts and WellbeingTM projects in outstate Minnesota communities. Expand Duluth and Winona projects with pre/post evaluations from participants, Dancing HeartTM sessions, Intergenerational Dance HallTM events, and Moving WellTM trainings. 2: Kairos Alive! will strengthen current urban programs through the development of new intergenerational partnerships for community wellbeing. Success is measured by an increase of new partners, participants and positive qualitative feedback.
Kairos Alive! expanded Community Arts and Wellbeing? projects to outstate Minnesota communities Duluth, Two Harbors and Winona. We used post-event evaluations and video interviews from participants, and artist reflections about Dancing Heart, Intergenerational Dance Hall and Moving Well Training sessions. 2: Kairos Alive! strengthened current urban programs through development in new intergenerational partnerships for community wellbeing. Success was measured by an increase of new partners, participants and positive qualitative feedback.
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