Arts Activities Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Mad King Thomas

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2014

End Date

August 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to mark the company's 10th Anniversary by re-envisioning old works on new dancers and commissioning new dances from the choreographer's mentors to explore gender, influence, and the performer/choreographer relationship. Performances will take place in June 2015.

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 Elizabeth Lee: Artistic, Marketing, Web Design; Tricia Khutoretsky: Education; Timothy Parlin: Artistic; Nancy Rosenbaum: Organizational Development, Education, Marketing; Dan Peltzman: Administration, Finance, Artistic; Erin McQuay: Administration, Disabilities, Education; J Wren Supak: Artistic, Education; Ashley Sondergaard: Marketing, Artistic, Fundraising; Josh LaGrave: Administration, Artistic.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

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

$7,625

Direct expenses

$17,625

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Mad King Thomas will involve 3 choreographers and 15 dancers from different backgrounds in reinterpreting 5 dances from our last 10 years in order to explore artistic questions of ownership, perception, and personal history; we aim for 95% of artist-participants to express a positive impact on their personal artistic practice in post-show surveys and discussion. We aim for a minimum of 240 audience participants, and hope that 60% of respondents to audience surveys reconsider perceptions of gender, genre, race, or personal history when watching the show.Our evaluation includes audience count and audience surveys as well as artist count, written responses from the choreographers, and informal verbal feedback with the dancers and artist-participants.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Mad King Thomas involved 3 choreographers/collaborations (consisting of 5 people) and 15 dancers from different backgrounds to reinterpreting 5 dances from our last 10 years to explore artistic questions of ownership, perception, and personal history. 100% of participants expressed a positive impact on their personal artistic practice. 291 people attended the show and an additional 98 had video access.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Charles Campbell, Judith Howard, Arwen Wilder, Kristin Van Loon, Marcus Young

Project Manager

Theresa

Madaus

Mad King Thomas

2308 36 1/2 St E

Minneapolis

55406