Arts Tour Minnesota

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,091
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2016
End Date
May 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Douglas
Itasca
Stearns
St. Louis
Douglas
Itasca
Stearns
St. Louis
Project Overview
Arts Tour Minnesota
Project Details
Ten Thousand Things Theater will tour eleven free performances of Shakespeare's Pericles, the 2016 winter musical, or a yet-to-be-named work by Kira Obolensky to undersserved audiences across greater Minnesota.
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; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Dan Guida: Executive director of Red Wing Arts Association; Gina Kundan: Director, Center for Health Interprofessional Programs, University of Minnesota; Board chair, Ananya Dance Theatre; Noelle Lawton: Executive director, Twin Rivers Council for the Arts; Kathleen Ray: Former executive director, Central Square Cultural and Civic Center; theater artist and playwright; Christine Tschida: Director of Northrop, University of Minnesota
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
$50,091
Other Funds Leveraged
$18,384
Direct expenses
$68,475
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

TTT will tour eleven free performances across Minnesota vitally engaging 770 people with geographic and other barriers to accessing professional theater. Quantitatively through head counts, and qualitatively through audience discussions and written evaluations where appropriate, we’ll continue to measure the effectiveness of our outreach through greater Minnesota. 2: TTT will partner with at least eleven community organizations in greater Minnesota to serve as hosts for our tour in various communities. We’ll engage in qualitative conversations with each host organization to learn what parts of the tour worked well and what didn’t. We’ll use that information to improve future tours.

Measurable Outcome(s)

MN audiences who had geographic and other barriers to accessing professional theater were engaged through eleven free performances by TTT. We used post-show surveys, collected audience comments, and followed up with staff from partner organizations to query them about perceived impact, and the degree to which the barriers we attempted to break down (location, familiarity of venue, cost) were important to audiences. 2: TTT shows evoked emotional, thoughtful and visceral responses, opening Minnesota audiences to new ideas, feelings and perspectives at eleven community organizations. We used post-show surveys, collected audience comments, and followed up with staff from partner organizations to query them about perceived impact, and what aspects of the presentation experience worked and did not work well for them.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Amy Apperson, John Beal, James Behnke, Laura Braun Pardo, Shá Cage, Nancy Evert, Jon Hallberg, Michelle Hensley, Cindy Kaiser, Michael Morrow, Sean Phillips, Ellie Skelton, Denise Silva
Project Manager
First Name
Stephanie
Last Name
Thompson
Organization Name
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Street Address
3153 36th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406-2126
Phone
(612) 203-9502
Email
stephanie@tenthousandthings.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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