Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Morgan Thorson and Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2016
End Date
June 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Activities Support
Project Details
Funding to produce and present Still Life, an ensemble dance installation that uses time as both subject and practice to process loss, killing, and extinction. Performances will take place at the Goodale Theater at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Perf
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; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Dawn Loven: Artistic, fundraising, administration; Elin Anderson: Artistic; Betty Mackay: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Max Erickson: Fundraising, administration, organizational development; Christopher Webley: Artistic, administration; Natalie Bowers: Administration, organizational development, volunteerism; Kate Heller: Administration.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$57,160
Direct expenses
$67,160
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Still Life’s success will be defined through the creation of an opportunity to share the passing of time in community. Because this project's goals have a strong focus on community and audience experience (such as investigating new methods to create a work that is both a dance production and a space for public contemplation, customizing the dance to the venue and the viewership, and creating an experience that privileges exchange with the audience), Still Life will track the number of attendees and ask them to articulate their experiences. 100% of attendees will contribute to the discussion on how we form communities while also helping to shape the final production. At our public performance/showing, we will have audience surveys as well as public discussions for the purpose of evaluating our program, gathering feedback, and devising a plan to integrate this information into the final iterations of the production.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Collaboration deepened Morgan Thorson and Company artistic practices. General knowledge of dramaturgy, stagecraft, music composition, language-making in the work, and conceptual ideas was communally proliferated. SL held the work and practices of over thirty artists, incorporating several viewpionts. Both the concept of killing and working with live directing/in-ear monitors proved enriching and inspire more research.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Marisa Carr, Kristin Van Loon, Joel Sass, Michele Steinwald
Project Manager
First Name
Morgan
Last Name
Thorson
Organization Name
Morgan Thorson and Company
Street Address
3112 10th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407-1604
Phone
(612) 221-3416
Email
emorgant@earthlink.net
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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency