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