Arts Activites Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Rosy Simas Dance Projects

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activites Support

Project Details

Funding to create Skin(s), a contemporary dance project featuring Indigenous/Native artists that includes performances, workshops, panel discussion and audience talk-back sessions. Performances will premiere in the Right Here series at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts in November 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, Storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre Artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Grace Flannery: Organizational Development, Administration, Community Development; Teresa Mock: Artistic, Audience Development, Organizational Development; Joan Vorderbruggen: Administration; Alex Legeros: Administration, Artistic; Carrie Christensen: Community Development, Education, Artistic; Toni Wilcox: Education, Administration; Christine Karki: Youth Programming, Education, Artistic; Paul Humiston: Administration; Deneane Richburg: Artistic, Community Education, Marketing.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Yes

Conflict of Interest Contact

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jeff Prauer (651) 645-0402

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$8,150

Direct expenses

$18,150

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

A significant portion (more than 30%) of the audience and participants will be from non-dance going audiences and the Native community. Audience surveys will demonstrate that to at least 40% of the audience the production was engaging and shifted their view.Evaluation will be based on audience and student attendance at workshops and performances and discussions. As well we will use audience surveys to measure success and artist feedback.

Measurable Outcome(s)

180 attended the performances, 15 attended the panel discussion, and 20 participated in the two workshops offered. Six artists from diverse backgrounds were well supported and therefore able to engage as full time artists in the creative and performance process. Choreographer Simas was named City Pages Artist of the Year for 2014 productions of We Wait In The Darkness and Skin(s).

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Laura Waterman Wittstock, Marne Zafar, Hans Eisenbeis, Terri Yellowhammer, Lisa First, Deborah Jinza Thayer

Project Manager

Rosy

Simas

Rosy Simas Dance Projects

2217 26th Ave S

Minneapolis

55406