Operating Support
Operating Support
General operating support
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
ACHF Arts Access
To expand arts in Minnesota, Mixed Blood Theatre will create, develop, produce, and tour new scripts and plays in alignment with its mission. By fiscal year 2015, Playwright Qui Nguyen will write new educational touring material consistent with Mixed Blood’s mission, vision, and quality. By 2014, Veterans story circles will be complete, and Aditi Kapil's Trilogy will workshop and premiere at Mixed Blood Theatre. 2: Outreach to East African, Latino, disability, unemployed, and veteran communities will increase by 7% through no-cost access to mainstage productions. Ensuring arts participation for all, Mixed Blood Theatre's Radical Hospitality provides no-cost access to half the house per performance. Success is measured by audience demographic surveys with a 90% return rate; results are compared to the previous year's data.
Live theatre arts were expanded in Minnesota: Mixed Blood Theatre created, developed, produced, and toured new scripts and plays in alignment with its mission. East African, Latino, Disability, unemployed, and veteran communities increased by 7% through no-cost access to mainstage productions. 33.1% of audiences using free access were people of color; 7% were people with disabilities. Over 300 veterans were at The Veteran's Play Project.
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