Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pangea World Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2014
End Date
February 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
TAMASHA will deepen relationships between and among the local South Asian, Iranian, Arab and Arab American, and Latino/a communities through outreach activities associated with three productions between January 2014 and December 2014.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
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.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Michele Coppin: Painter and instructor, including work with seniors and genocide survivors; Katherine Dodge: Executive director, Itasca Orchestra and Strings program; board chair, Grand Rapids Arts and Culture Commission; Venessa Fuentes: Philanthropy writer at Project for Pride in Living; poet; Robert Hybben: Instructor, Hamline University; writer; Irna Landrum: Executive director, Summit-University Planning Council; community organizer and leadership developer; MaryLynn Pulscher: Environmental Education Coordinator, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board; Patricia Rall: Staff writer, Bemidji Pioneer; board member, Region Two Arts Council; Summer Scharringhausen: Board chair and former gallery director, Altered Esthetics; painter and multimedia artist; Robert Weisenfeld: Assistant vice president, corporate and foundation relations, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,000
Direct expenses
$72,000
Administration costs
$7,800
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our relationship with the South Asian, Arab and Arab American, Iranian and Latino/a communities deepen. Our evaluator will help us determine whether participants feel they had adequate opportunities to reflect, share and apply what they’ve learned, and whether their voice is heard in meetings, workshops and creation process. 2: Financial barriers, geographic barriers and barriers of cultural literacy are mitigated. Increased attendance of community members at Pangea programming, attendance at showings at community/religious centers, high levels of participation at workshops and a sustained relationship with participants that goes beyond this project.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through the projects, Pangea deepened relationships with South Asian, Iranian and Latino/a community and built relationships with a new community. 2: During Tamasha, we identified multiple barriers to participation and addressed how we could mitigate them within the specific communities present.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Afshan Anjum, Mona Carloni, Paul Cimmerer, Sharon Day, Christopher Fisher, Charlotte Flowers, Karen Lokkesmoe, Freida Martin, Rajan Menon, Dipankar Mukherjee, Meena Natarajan, Olga Herrera, Emily Anne Tuttle, Bertrand Wilson, Joyce Wisdom
Project Manager
First Name
Meena
Last Name
Natarajan
Organization Name
Pangea World Theater
Street Address
711 W Lake St Ste 101
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 822-0015
Email
meena@pangeaworldtheater.org
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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