Arts Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,427
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ananya Dance Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
November 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Ananya Dance Theatre will create a series of workshops connecting 40 refugee and immigrant women and girls with dance, dancemaking, and self-expression through movement, creating access to professional concert dance and building cultural leadership.
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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Yvonne Cory: Storyteller and textile artist, marketing representative, Faribault County Fair, career and technical instructor, Blue Earth high school; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Venessa Fuentes: Philanthropy writer at Project for Pride in Living, poet; Sandra Gillespie: Visual artist, online writing instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage, former program director, Alaska State Arts Council; Gabriel Green: Founder and executive director, Wolffe Cultural Center, Duluth, founder and senior pastor, Church of Restoration Twin Ports; Paul Robinson: Senior community leadership consultant for the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,427
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,603
Direct expenses
$26,030
Administration costs
$2,515
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will build on our relationship with community partner Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment to organize workshops for the women and girls they serve. Ananya Dance Theatre will track attendance and engagement throughout the workshops, participation in dialogues, and request feedback from participants at several points in the program. ADT will discuss survey outcomes and anecdotal reflections with WISE leadership. 2: Ananya Dance Theatre will diminish barriers—understanding abstract narratives of concert dance and financial restrictions—that restrict access for our target community. Ananya Dance Theatre will track participants' responses through anecdotal reflections, dialogues, post-showing discussions, and an anonymous survey. We will track individuals who use the complimentary tickets associated with this program during ticketed performances.

Measurable Outcome(s)

ADT built a stronger relationship with WISE and its clients. Planning for future activities has reviewed what worked previously and incorporated lessons of experience. Instructors interviewed participants at the end of each workshop, asking how they were feeling and what worked and what did not. Attendance was tracked. Ananya Dance Theatre also conducted conversational evaluations with personnel of Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment. 2: Participation barriers were diminished by providing a dance training intensive, transportation funds to participants, and safe, supportive, and professional learning and performing environments. Instructors interviewed participants at the end of each workshop, asking how they were feeling and what worked and what did not. Attendance was tracked. Ananya Dance Theatre also conducted conversational evaluations with personnel of Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Gina Kundan, David Mura, Robert Lynn, Gary Peterson, Prachee Mukherjee, Danielle Mkali, Anitra Cottledge, Elizabeth Altheimer, Saymoukda Vongsay, Janis Lane-Ewart, Divya Karan
Project Manager
First Name
Gary
Last Name
Peterson
Organization Name
Ananya Dance Theatre
Street Address
PO Box 2427
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55455
Phone
(612) 486-2238
Email
gary.peterson@ananyadancetheatre.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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