Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,715
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2018
End Date
June 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Using theater to illustrate and animate, Mixed Blood models pluralism in pursuit of interconnections, shared humanity, and engaged citizenry.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Amy Browender: Associate development officer, AmeriCorps; John Connelly: Independent consultant to nonprofits, photographer; vice chair, Grand Rapids Arts and Culture Commission; Paul Dice: President, International Friendship Through the Performing Arts; Deborah Johnson: Senior director of exhibits and education, Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota; Laura Kinkead: Leadership development consultant, The Collabrium; Gregory Peterson: Treasurer, River Arts Alliance (Winona); retired from Winona State University office of financial aid; Anne Jin Soo Preston: Arts and cultural nonprofit organization consultant; former Springboard for the Arts board member; Jonathan Schill: Program development team, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation; Cassandra Utt: Actor, singer, artistic data analysis; Sachidanandhan Venkatakrishnan, Executive board member, Minnesota Tamil Sagnam; IT project manager

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,715
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,298,214
Direct expenses
$1,298,214
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

MBT's art reflects inclusivity and access featuring urgent social/cultural issues, welcoming all through free admission and disability accommodation. Audience demographic surveys, artist cultural composition, targeted programming, data tracking. 2: With theater as a tool Mixed Blood will facilitate a healthy Cedar Riverside in terms of healthcare, education, safety and employment. Qualitative and quantitative: number of teens receiving theater training, improved healthcare and healthcare access, improved police-citizen relations, number of Cedar Riverside residents using MBT space.

Measurable Outcome(s)

MBT's art reflects inclusivity and access featuring urgent social/cultural issues and welcomed all through free admission and disability accommodation. Distributed and tracked audience demographics through surveys, tracked number of participating artists of color, Radical Hospitality users, and #/ type of programs focused on marginalized communities. 2: Mixed Blood used theater to facilitate Cedar-Riverside programs, events, and activities focused on improving the vitality of the community. Tracked number of youths involved in performance and issue-related education, coordinated and implemented local health-related projects, held multiple gatherings and tracked #'s of community member participants.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Tabitha Montgomery, Robert Lunning, Samantha King, Rodolfo Gutierrez, Molly Bott, Pj Doyle, Tatiana Chiveleva, K. David Hirschey, Charles Weinstein, Eric Hyde, Jeff Schuur, Sarah Kilibarda, Joseph Stanley, Daniel Le, Jay Owen Eisenberg, DJ Gramman, Jack Reuler, Trevor Bowen
Project Manager
First Name
Carlisa
Last Name
Rivamonte
Organization Name
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Street Address
1501 4th St S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55454-1100
Phone
(612) 338-0984
Email
lia@mixedblood.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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