Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2026 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,470
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rosy Simas Danse
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2025
End Date
June 2026
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

To create and present innovative interdisciplinary Native contemporary art that connects artists and audiences.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Mary Ann Aufderheide: former arts administrator; Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Philip McKenzie, adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Ann Aufderheide: former arts administrator; Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Philip McKenzie, adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2025 regular session, chapter 36, article 4, section 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2026 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,470
Other Funds Leveraged
$418,498
Direct expenses
$429,233
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Artists experience safe, accessible, and inspiring creative space to generate and grow. Artist residency success is evaluated from information gathered during entrance and exit interviews with individual artists.
2: Audiences and artists experience together spaces in the community to grieve, rest, and heal. Rosy Simas Danse will track audience participation through gallery and studio sign-in sheets and interview a portion of the audience. Artist participation will be evaluated through group conversation and post-performance surveys.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Rose
Last Name
Simas Guthrie
Organization Name
Rosy Simas Danse
Street Address
1500 Jackson St NE Ste 331
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55413
Phone
(612) 719-9605
Email
rosy@rosysimasdanse.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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