Dear Cedar Friends,
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread globally in early 2020, The Cedar closed its performance hall on March 14, 2020. With a regular schedule of 200+ shows a year, we projected a loss of over 70% of our revenue stream. In response, we laid off 80% of our staff and created a reduced capacity plan with four part-time staff. As the pandemic lingered on and uncertainty set in, concerns rose about whether live music would ever return to the way it had been. Not only did musicians consider the possibility of a bleak future and career changes, but event staff, sound techs, roadies, promoters, and others pondered the same. Our patrons could not enjoy live music and our hundreds of volunteers were separated from their Cedar community.
To help keep the music industry alive, we created The Cedar Public Access Channel: an online content stream. Through this program, we were able to support artists in a new way and continue to engage our audiences.
Shortly after this program's inception, on May 25, 2020 George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis. This shocking event led to the realities of racial injustice resonating around the world. We at The Cedar decided to be more intentional about racial justice, too. While staff had been participating in bi-weekly, internal diversity and inclusion training and discussions for the last few years, sessions were paused due to the pandemic. Despite these past efforts, we were compelled to write a racial equity statement and to plan new ways to be intentional about our values and mission.
One area we could be intentional about racial justice was through current programming. Our 2020 cohort of The Artist Collective was instrumental in this. The Collective is a group of six Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) artists who advise us on making our operations and programming more inclusive, and who curate shows representing BIPOC communities in the Twin Cities. After the murder of George Floyd, The Collective was galvanized to make programming that addressed the systems that created the backdrop for this horrifying event. The Collective was motivated to explore anti-Blackness, police violence, and interracial unity between Hmong, Somali, and other Black communities as this tragedy mobilized many people around the globe. We are grateful to The Collective for realizing The Cedar’s new commitments and for addressing them through programming on The Cedar Public Access Channel.
Alongside these major lessons, we have also learned that you are our support system in difficult times. You are our community, our audiences, and our donors that helped us pull through a difficult and unpredictable year. You provided us with care and support through financial contributions, letters, and cards. We know The Cedar means a great deal to so many of you. We made it through 2020, and we intend to carry forward all that we have learned.
We cannot thank you enough for your support. As we plan for the future, we hope that you will continue the journey with us. Though difficult to project anything at this point, we currently plan to start reduced-capacity shows in fall of 2021. We move forward, slowly but surely, knowing that we will make it through, and with you alongside us, we will begin again.
Sincerely,
David Hamilton
Executive Director
The Cedar’s mission is to promote intercultural appreciation and understanding through the presentation of global music and dance. The Cedar is committed to artistic excellence and integrity, diversity of programming, support for emerging artists, and community outreach.
2020 HIGHLIGHTS
COVID-19 did not have dominion over the entirety of 2020: for the greater part of three months we still held in-person shows at The Cedar. With performances from the explosive Canadian folk outfit, Le Vent du Nord, hometown bluegrass favorites Pert Near Sandstone, beloved local musicians performing Drone Not Drones, and Cuban jazz masters Omar Sosa and Yilian Cañizares, January to March of last year was much like January to March of years prior. We hosted 29 concerts on The Cedar stage before we closed our hall.
The Cedar Public Access Channel
“I feel like art is what helps these moments live in history. If artists weren’t documenting the Civil Rights movement or any of these movements that happen in our country or around the world, we wouldn’t have context for what was going on at the time. It’s the artist’s job to document these moments.
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The creation of The Cedar Public Access Channel is very special to us. It is emblematic of the love that community members near and far have for The Cedar and our mission. Our staff members created this platform as a way to continue programming even when our audience members could not visit The Cedar physically. Inspiration for this project came from early public broadcasting efforts designed to fill gaps between commercial media with independent programming; The Cedar Public Access Channel takes it a step further. The online content stream is a platform where artists can present low-cost, independently produced media hosted on our YouTube channel and Facebook page. As of December 2020, the stream has also continued to broadcast to local viewers via Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN).
The program was founded because of donations made during GiveMN’s #GiveAtHomeMN campaign which was held from May 1 to May 8. We would like to thank the following people for their generous support at a time when we still did not know the duration of our hall’s closure.
Special thanks to
Anonymous (2)
Andrew Adelmann
Irene Alderson
Greg Anderson
Margaret Belew
Bruce Blacher
Eric Blodgett
Klee Burke
Jay Carlson
Leo Christenson
Amy Cortright
Alicia Cozine
Brenda Armson DesJardin
Ciaran Daly
Laurel Elmer
Kyle Feldman
Laura Fritz
Marisa Gage
Diane Helgerson
Chris Hepola
Michael Hull
Deborah Ingebretsen
Konner Johnson
Bridgit Jordan
Chris Juettner
Heather Kidd
Curtis J. Klotz
Azul Kmiecik
Heather Koshiol
Mint Kunkel
Stanley Kusunoki
David Lasecke
Don Lorr
Margaret Mahoney
Douglas Maltby
John Meilner
Claudia Melbye
Troy Meyer
Paul Moore
Patrick Murphy
Tim Nelson
Ben Nicholson
Colleen O’Neill
Mark & Cathy Ortenburger
Cara Peterson
Katharine Pitney
Claude Riedel
Jessica Riemer
Joel Ronningen
Dave Savageau
John Schmit
Talon Sims
Joe Smedsrud
Karl Snyder
Barbara Sogn-Frank
Kathy Starkey
Jacob Strauss
Julia Tabbut
Jinath Tasnim
Marie Tigelaar
Timothy Wahl
Phoebe Ward
Kathy Wedl
Joel Weisberg
Rick & Lisa Wheeler
Hui Wilcox
Janet L. Woolman
Maryam Marne Zafar
Peter Zeftel
-Jared Hemming and Deeq Abdi Introducing the Cedar Public Access Channel-
1
June 4, 2020
“How do you maintain being neighborly, and still being welcoming, and still letting your neighborhood know that you care for them, as an organization?”
2
June 18, 2020
“My dance is medicine.”
3
July 2, 2020
“Until we are all free, we must all fight. We must all unite. We must all light, whatever light we have, until we are all free. We must stand against any system that will only function if there is poverty and prison. Because in this system, with this thinking, none of us are free.”
4
July 16, 2020
“Strangely enough, I dreamt that I was flying. It was very strange. It was peaceful, but it was also pretty strange. I thought it was really encouraging to have a dream like that where in the midst of all this turmoil, I am taking flight.”
5
September 10, 2020
“The truth is that social movements have always existed and without them there are no rights, because rights are achieved marching in the streets... So what we always demand from an artistic stance is justice for our fallen heroes through marches and demonstrations, and for all those who have been riddled by violence in the streets.”
6
September 24, 2020
“Break bread and build with other communities, or from our perspective, break rice with other communities.”
7
October 29, 2020
“How much too much can you bear?”
8
November 19, 2020
“Everywhere, wherever you go in the world, music is something that brings people out.”
9
December 10, 2020
“One of the good things about when everything falls away from you, metaphorically and literally, is that you have to take inventory of where your strength is, where your balance is… to move solidly from the places [you] can and not further disrupt things that are already in motion.”
Collaborators for The Cedar Public Access Channel
- Photo/video/audio -
Ifrah Mansour:
Video - Adja Gildersleve
Photo - Taylor Seaberg
Sound - Chris Frymire
Tou SaiK Lee:
Episode 1 video - Mindtwist Studios
Episode 1 drone footage - Extensive Knowledge Productions
Episode 1 sound - Chris Frymire
Episode 1 editing - Robert Lehmann
Episode 2 video and editing - SPNN Media Active
Episode 2 sound - Chris Frymire
Rebecca Nichloson:
Video - Gordon Byrd
Sound - Chris Frymire
Editing - Robert Lehmann
Sofía Viola:
Video and sound - 1826 Producciones, Anabella Checa, Canela Luka
SEEN:
Video - Kevin Obsatz, Tamara Ober, Korina Barry
Editing - Robert Lehmann
Thunderband:
Video and Editing - Gordon Byrd
Photo - Farrington Llewellyn
Sound - Chris Frymire
- Partners / Producers -
Indigenous Roots
We Are All Criminals / Emily Baxter
Korina Barry, Carl Fink, Daniel McCarthy-Clifford
Tou SaiK Lee, Lady Midnight, Ritika Ganguly, Deeq Abdi, Alex Buffalohead, Ifrah Mansour
THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS
“ An annual must-attend for fans of new and exciting music. ”
All photos taken by Free Truth Media, with the exception of Beatriz Correia Lima’s session photographed by Pallav Kumar
The Cedar Commissions is a flagship program commissioning new works by Minnesota-based artists with support from the Jerome Foundation. Since the program’s launch in 2010, the Cedar Commissions has supported more than 60 emerging composers and musicians, resulting in very innovative and thought-provoking work.
The Cedar Commissions has followed a rather regimented schedule since its inception. The selected artists work closely with members of The Cedar staff in order to share their ideas. The staff act as sounding boards allowing the artists’ ideas to materialize further. Additionally, artists work with other collaborators and mentors to make their creations a reality.
In 2020, the six selected artists of our tenth cohort weren’t able to adhere to the previous framework due to COVID-19. The standard expectations of music creation such as in-person collaboration were not nearly as attainable, for example. Also, instead of live shows, each artist recorded their work at The Cedar for a film and sound crew in an empty room, and those performances debuted virtually this spring. In a year when the world was dealing with a global pandemic and the Twin Cities was reeling from the reality of police violence and calls for racial justice, each of our artists managed to create something beautiful to share. That is not an easy feat, by any means.
The Cedar’s communications team, Marketing and Communications Manager Aida Shahghasemi and Marketing and Programs Assistant Shasa Sartin sat down with each of the artists for ‘spotlight’ interviews. They discussed the artists’ processes creating their commissions, including the hurdles of COVID-19. You can find those interviews here.
If you missed the premieres of the Cedar Commissions, you can still view them here for free.
Cedar Commissions Collaborators:
Video and Photos - Free Truth Media
Headshots - Peter Jamus
Photos for Beatriz Correia Lima’s session - Pallav Kumar
ARTIST COLLECTIVE
“Power is not something that can be granted to communities. It already exists in communities. It’s about channeling that power.”
Top row, left to right: Lady Midnight, Ifrah Mansour, Alex Buffalohead
Bottom row, left to right: Ritika Ganguly, Tou SaiK Lee, Deeq Abdi
The Artist Collective is a group of six BIPOC artists who are commissioned by The Cedar to help us in our goal to be more inclusive in our arts programming and operations. These artists have either participated in The Cedar Commissions or Midnimo and then began working as paid year-round curatorial artists and cultural liaisons with The Cedar. They actively guide The Cedar’s efforts in offering access to artists within their communities.
The members of the 2020 Artist Collective were Deeq Abdi, Ifrah Mansour, Tou Saiko Lee, Alexandra Buffalohead, Lady Midnight, and Ritika Ganguly. Ifrah Mansour and Ritika Ganguly were 2019 Artist Collective members, too.
This program began in January 2019, making 2020 its second year. With a major inhibitor, COVID-19, the participation of the Artist Collective looked a bit different than in its opening year. The Artist Collective has been integral to the bloom of The Cedar Public Access Channel: they are the ones who have curated most of the episodes! Of our first nine episodes, six of them were curated by the Artist Collective members. Our last 2020 episode was titled “Tea With The Collective” and all six members participated together for a discussion on their time as members of the Artist Collective.
Outside of The Cedar Public Access Channel, The Collective shared knowledge about best practices for The Cedar to adopt in order to be a better, more culturally responsive organization. We are grateful for their contributions in 2020 and hope to return to this level of involvement in 2022.
Artist Support
Through 2020, The Cedar had the honor of experiencing glimmers of hope with the gifts of music our local artists sent to us. As we worked through an unpredictable year, we asked the public to support us through donations, and many artists stepped in to help by creating promotional videos highlighting their support for The Cedar. Looking back at the content they created over the year, it brought us such joy to see what an amazing collection of little home videos we have of all the artists that helped our fundraising efforts. To all our artists: thank you for the light you brought in the midst of much darkness. We are so very thankful and hope that we can experience you all creating vibrations within the halls of The Cedar, in real life, sometime soon.
2020 Spring Campaign
Kyle Shelstad (Barbaro), Sprig of That, See More Perspective, Sarah Larsson, Kashimana, Paul Fonfara, Sam Breckenridge
2020 GTMD Campaign
Rebecca Nichloson, Ritika Ganguly, Mae Simpson, Martin Dosh
2020 winter Campaign
Siama, David Huckfelt, Katy Vernon, Ritika and Shinjan, Ilan Blanck
Staff
David Hamilton : Executive Director
Emmy Carter : Booking Director
Alana Horton : Marketing Director
Deb Ervin : Interim Development Director
Robert Lehmann : Booking and Artistic Manager
MJ Gilmore : Box Office and Office Manager
Aida Shahghasemi : Marketing and Communications Manager
Shasa Sartin : Marketing and Programs Assistant
EVENT STAFF
Mark Johnson : Director of Events
Michael Lord : Assistant Director of Events
Jared Hemming : Volunteer Coordinator / Events Assistant
Contract
Bridgit Jordan : Part Time Accountant
Sarah Johnson : Part Time Accountant
Special thanks to staff who moved on to new adventures ~ Emmy Carter and Alana Horton ~ Your contributions to The Cedar are immeasurable. We wish you great success and thank you for everything.
House Sound Engineers
Aren Frymire
Chris Frymire
Eric Hohn
Raymond Yates
Tony Molinaro
House Managers
Dan Beers
Patrick Larkin
Craig Otto
Joshua Koepp
Sue Eidem
Sandy Jahn
Jordan Olsen
Eli Wheeler
Sydney Larson
Emma Allen
Board of Directors
Jill Dawe, Co-President : Music Department, Augsburg University
Steve Katz, Co-President : Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLC
Brent Hickman, Vice President : Senior Vice President, Head of Strategic Capital Management, US Bank
David Edminster, Treasurer : Former Data Manager, Travelers (Retired)
Faysal Abraham : Operations, HSG
Jessica Kopischke : Vice President of Compliance, Renters Warehouse
Rob Nordin : Former Vice President Philanthropic Specialist, Wells Fargo (Retired)
Shétu Rose : Vice President of Finance and Operations, Center for Economic Inclusion
Rob Salmon : Former Attorney, Meagher & Geer (Retired)
Mary Laurel True : Service Learning & Community Engagement, Augsburg University
Maryam Yusefzadeh : Program Manager, Optum
Board Advisory Committees
Access Committee
Allison Locey
Brian Just
Caidin Riley
Ed Bourgeois
Erik Helgeson
James Waller
Lisa Beller
Tiffiny Carlson
Finance Committee
David Edminster*
Brent Hickman*
Shétu Rose*
Chuck Tatsuda
Development Committee
Rob Nordin*
Brent Hickman*
Maryam Yusefzadeh*
*Current board member
2020 Financial Report
The pandemic's onset forced the closure of our concert hall. Fearing the worst and out of concern for The Cedar's long term survival, we quickly took drastic cost-cutting measures that included furloughing 80% of our staff and creating a reduced operating model. We also stopped investing in our venue and delayed needed repairs and upgrades. Our quick action along with a generous outpouring of support for our COVID-19 campaign, GTMD campaign, and winter appeal, in conjunction with the acceptance of the PPP loan allowed us to end 2020 without additional debt despite losing around 70% of our revenue.
We now prepare ourselves for a new operating model in 2021 and 2022. We need to restart investing in facilities and operations to support our community by providing a safe venue for live music. With our reopening, we will also be helping our neighboring businesses return to a better state.
Cedar Donors and Members
The Cedar would like to thank our donors and members for their generous support.
Current as of December 31, 2020.
Memberships are reflected for the year they were initiated.
ROOTS $100-$499
Debbie and Jim Ingebretsen
Ruhel Islam in honor of Ritika Ganguly
Stacy Jacobsen
Steve Jewell
Deborah Jewett
Kevin Johnson
Daniel Pinkerton and Jane Johnston
Cynthia Jorstad
Samidha Junghare
Thomas Kalitowski
Anya Kaplan-Seem
Steve Mitrione and Shana Kaplow
Roy Kay
Bonnie Keeler
Jeanne Lakso and Randy Kemper in memory of Daniel Johnston
Keith and Mary Kock
John Kelly
Rick Kenyon
Steven Kerbaugh
Jonathan Kirsch
Jeffrey Klein
Jan Kleinman
Teresa and Curtis Klotz
Azul Kmiecik
John Kohring
Robert Konetzki in memory of Sarah Bowman
Joshua Koomen in honor of Lizy and Toots Herbert
Joan Krikava
Brad Kruse
Sharon and Tom Kunau
William Kunkel
Richard and Mary Kvitek
Allison La Pointe
Rita LaDoux
Amy Lafrance
Rebecca Lane
Brad Turner and Terri Lang
Steven Larsen
Dave Larson
Mark Larson
Marsha Larson
Sydney Larson
Anna Larsson
Rebecca Latner
Jane Laub
John Lawlor
Robert Lehmann
Mina and Greg Leierwood
Lisa Leonard
Karl Leslie
Barb and LaVerne Leuelling
Claire Lewis
Jonathan Lewis
Teresa Lewis
John and Searcy Lillehei
Erik Lillestol
Thomas and Linda Lincoln
James Lindbloom
Kent Linder
Melissa Line
Stuart Pemberton and Anne Lippin
Signe LisaDaughter
Tom Loddengaard
Brian and Mary Jo Lofquist
Julian Loscalzo
Crystal Love
David Lyons
Heather Lysne
Lisa Hinz and Stuart MacDonald
Brian and Deborah Madson
Suzana Mallard
Douglas Maltby
Margaret Manderfeld
Ann Manning
Ruth Markowitz
Judi Levin Marshall
Marsh & McLennan
David Matthes
William Maxfield
Shea McAdaragh
Saiko McIvor
Deborah McNeil
T.T. McVay
Alice Medley
Barbara Mikkanen
Margaret Miles
Kristi Miller
Susan Mitchell
Jesse Mortenson
Marsha Mose
Patricia and Paul Mulcahy
Emmanuel Munson-Regala
Nora Murphy
Benjamin and Robyn Murray
Tim Nelson
Mark Nerenhausen
Janice Gepner and Eric Newman Charitable Gift Fund
Gary Nichols
Ben Nicholson
Evan Nothmann
Ellen and John Nyberg
Claudia Poser and Ron Ofstead
Megan O'Hara
Will O'Meara
Colleen O'Neill
Jesse Okie
Daniel Oloughlin
Al Onkka
Thomas Hiendlmayr and Jan Ormasa
Gabe Ormsby
Tom Gilde and Mary Orr
Mark and Catherine Ortenburger
Iven Ose
Matthew Osmundson
Barbara Proehl and Robert Parish
Carol Beth Passi
Lisa and Wayne Pearson
Camille Peschken in memory of John Peschken
Shannon Petersen
Arthur Peterson
Cara Peterson
Lauren Peterson
Steven and Kristine Petrini
Carla Pfahl
Thomas Phelan
Barb Piper
Don Pitlik
Katharine Pitney
Laurie Pohlman
Janet Polli
Pamela Pontzer
David Porter
Melissa Powers
Judy Olsen and Myke Rachu
Naren Rao
Ellen Rachel Ratner
Cheryl Reijon
Natalia Rendon in memory of Thomas Will
Sarah Renner
Peggy and Peter Rejto
Gregg Richardson
Claude and Laurel Riedel
Carrie Rigdon
Jodene Riha
Emily Robin-Abbott in memory of Dr. Donald Robinson
Carolyn Roby
George C. and Karen L. Rosar
Kent and Betsy Rossi
Stephen Rueff
Sara Rummel
Kelly Rynda
Jessica Sarles
Subramanya Sastry
Lyn Rabinovitch and John Saxhaug
Renee Schaefer
James Schaldach
Eugene and Martha Schermer
David J. and Lori Schmeling
Bob Schmidt
Lyle and Peggy Schmidtke
Mary Barber-Schmitz and Tom Schmitz
Maria Schoeller
Mary Schommer
Mariah Schumacher
Ralph Schwartz
Eleanor Haase and Paul Sebby
Philip and Melissa Sellew
Shinjan Sengupta
Ray M. Conroe and Maureen Shannon
Max Shemesh
Charlie Hicks and Vicky Sherman
Terry Shima
Barbara Sibley in honor of Jay McHale and Sarah Bowman
A Marie Simpson
Talon Sims
Joe Smedsrud
Michael Smith
Karl Snyder
Randy Snyder
Karlin Sorenson in honor of Brian Hart
Stacy Sorenson
Dave Hoppenrath & Anna Sower
Tom and Fran Spainhour
Captain Spaulding
Caitlin Spies in memory of Thomas Will
Irene St. Onge
Paul and Peg Stein
Dennis and Ruth Stephens
Liz Stopka
Lawrence Storey
Jacob Strauss
Jim and Dee Strauss in honor of Jacob Strauss
Mitchell Wittenberg and Jaine Strauss
Thomas Stroebl
Gary Surber
Jeffrey Swanson
Steven Swanson
Mary T'Kach in memory of Ritchie Havens
Todd Tanji
Elizabeth Thimmesh
John Walker and Valerie Tiberius
Jim and Steph Tikalsky Fund
William Tilton
Ramaswamy Tobias
Richard Todd
Walter Treichel
Andrew Tucker
Neil Vachhani
Jefferson Vargas
Stephen Vincent
Andrew Viner
Edward Vivit
Carol and Tim Wahl
Bryan Wakat
Michael Walsh
Paul Watercott
Sven Wehrwein
Joel Weisberg
Joe Weise
Lisa Weisman
Mark Wernick
Rosa Werthwein
Kevin Whalen
Lauren Whaley
Corey Whitbeck
Joe Whitehead
David C. Mahoney and M. Lisa Whitehill
Hui Wilcox
Frank and Frances Wilkinson
Daniel Williams
Mark Williams
Carole Wilson
Josie Winship in memory of Tom Winship
Christian Wise
Jessica Wolf
Bill Wolfe
William Wolfe
Janet Woolman
Micael Worku
Jody Wurl
Michelle Xwicky
Gary Yanagita
Laura Young
Peter Zeftel
Xiaoji Zhang
CROWN $10,000+
Anonymous
Creative Endeavors Fund of Central Minnesota
Community Giving
Glen Helgeson
Johanna Hill
Steve Katz and Jennifer Leopold
CANOPY $2,500-$9,999
Bruce Schneier and Karen Cooper
Ron Elwood and Bonnie Esposito
Mark Gilberstadt
Brent Hickman
Joe Hoopman
Rob Simonds and Karen Margolis
Rob and Carol Salmon
Guy and Candice Stearns
Noreen and Stephen Walen Thompson
HEARTWOOD $1,000-$2,499
John Anthonisen
Bagheera
Elizabeth Dachelet
Sue Domeier in honor of all the volunteers and Bob Schommer
Mary Delorié
Worth Frank
Amy Gilbert
Rosemary H. and David F. Good
Lili Hall
Michael and Karel Helgeson
Sandra and Gary Jahn
James Johnson in honor of Vietnam Veterans
Allen Lenzmeier and Kathy Lenzmeier
Daniel Miller
Nancy Molenda
Stanley and Marcy Mros
Patrick Murphy
Scott Nieman
Kevin & Cathy Palmer
David and Susan Sanborn
Craig Futterer and Terri Simard
Kerrianne Blevins and Michael Walstrom
Walter White
BRANCH $500-$999
Dennis Adams
Patricia Fair and Randall Arnold
Syneva Barrett
Quirsfeld Campbell Family Foundation
Emmy Carter
Gene and Barb Case
Arne and Jessica Cook in honor of Steve Katz and Jennifer Leopold
Paula Cooney
Andrew and Mary Coulter
Louise Robinson and Neal Cuthbert
John & Sanja deGarmo
Sue and Chris Eidem
Lucas Erickson
Laura Flynn
Everett Forte
Mattie Goldberger
Benjamin Goldfarb
Monica Gross
Jim Heaney
Alana Horton
Jim Howitt
Kelly & Pete Johnson
Adam Kim
Barker Knuth Foundation
Tracy Van Steenburgh/James W. A. Ladner
Dave and Joyce Lasecke
Marcia Leatham
David Lee
Doug Lehmann
David Loomer
Tom Hatch and Stacy Mattingly
Robert Meisel
Thomas Mueller
Brian Poulton
Raj Rajan
Bob and Wendy Rubinyi
Hugh Pruitt and Fariba Sanikhatam
Candy Schnepf
Don Helgeson and Sue Shepard
Galen Hersey and Darcy Sudderth
Andy Nederveld and Sharon Teska
Julia Tabbut
Chuck and Jennifer Tatsuda
Andy Tso
Jessica and Ryan Kopischke
Scott Van Koughnett
Ann Whittemore
Christopher True
ROOTS $100-$499
Judith Napier and Bryan Aaker
Jay Adams
Lora L. Abe
James and Claire Abbott in memory of Robert “Bud” Armstrong
Faysal Abraham
Silver Ainomae
Steve Ainsworth
Todd and Allyson Aldrich
Jay Alexander
Morris Allen
Tonya Amen
Paul Amundson
Dennis and Kathleen Anderson
Greg Anderson
James Anderson
Margit Anderson
Robert Anderson
Sandra and Richard Anderson
Jillian Andresen
Allan Angen
Cindy Angerhofer
Laura Arneson
Steve and Carol Askew
Ann & Tom Buratti
Anonymous
KJ Bach
Jennifer and Philip Bailey
Murphy Baker
Anastasia Bamford in memory of Sandra Brekhus
Rebecca Bauer
Karla Larsen and Ken Bearman
Susan Bedor
Nicole Pettit and Dan Beers
Margaret Belew
Hannah Bergman
Steven and Nancy Berlin
Heather Besonen
Michele Bevis
Tess Bittner
Mark Bower
David Bowler
David Bowman
Erik and Hanna Brandt
Jonathan Bredin
Gerard Breen in memory of John Prine
Lydia Brosnahan
Elsa Bross
Mark and Jenna Brouwer
Marcia Brower
Katherine Brown
Kevin Bullock
Jeannine Burnette
Scott and Laura Burns
Dustin Cahill
Douglas Cain
Jay Carlson
Susan Carlson
Tyler Carlson
Ronald Marquis and Lois Carolan
Michele Carstens
Marian and Keith Champlin
Joe Chihade
Michael Christensen
Leo Christenson
Terrance and Laurie Christiansen
Andrew Clark
David and Wendy Coggins
Arnett Collin
Karen Collyard
Jennifer Sippel and Jonathan Colville
Amy Conners
Luann Conroy
Kara Conry
Timothy Cook
Andrea Coronado
Alicia Cozine
Robert Cozzolino
Phillip Cryan
Gayle Cupit
Paul Dalton
John Daniels
Laura Delavie
Stephanie Rindelaub Delorie
David DeMoss
Linda and James Dobbs
Russell Doby
Robert and Susan Donsker
Angie Simonson and Tony Drollinger
David Dvorak
David Edminster
Andrea Een in memory of Dale Edwin Newton
Lucy and Mark Elliott
Andrew Eng
Doris Engibous
Paul Epton
Anders Erickson in honor of Signa Weise
Joe Erickson
Leonard Erickson
Rick Erickson
Elaine Eschenbacher
Joe Eskola
Robin Evans
Julie Farnham
Patrick Farnham in honor of Ellen Farnham
Kyle Feldman
Abby Fenton
Lydia Fermanich
Nicholas Finstrom
Jerry Fjerkenstad
Susan Flygare
Helen Forsythe
Joseph Frank
Kelly Fries
John Frost
Chris Frymire
Marisa Gage
Mary Gallini
Olivia and Donald Gault
John Gerlach
Ellen Gibson
Stephanie and Jerry Gilman
Mark Giorgini
James Giossi
Robert Goepel
Evan Goldenrod
Jed Gorlin
James Manolis and Emily Green
Emily Greene
Beth and Don Greenebaum
Loren and Mary Ann Gross
Gerald Gunderson
Eric Gustin
Todd Hanson
Lora Harper
Matthew Harris
Esther Hartzheim
Melissa Haugesag in memory of Thomas Will
Mary Heiken in honor of Jessica and Luke Heiken
Christopher Henze
Bernard Herberholt
Jeff and Liba Herman in honor of Ed Juda
Julia Hobart
Bryan and Andrea Hoff
John and Christine Hoffman
John Horchner
Julie Schaper and Steven Horowitz
Ross Huelster
Alexander Hurd
Helene Huver
Matthew Ides
Donors up to $99
Anonymous
Richard Abel
Andrew and Jeanne Adelmann
Karla Aguilar-Belzer
Pat Alagna
Stephanie and Jeremy Alden Marcy Alexander
Monica Allen
Ron Aminzade
Wendy Anderson
Daniel Anderson
Grant Armour
Brenda Armson
Andrew Arsham
Jamal Awadallah
Anya Backlund
Margie Bailey
Brett Bakko
Hendrik Svien and Laurie Bangs
John Bankson
Mike and Caryn Barr
Dan and Lynn Barron
Linda Barry
Janna Barry
Jonathan Bartlett
Alex Bartley
William Batcher
Ella Becker
Thomas Bedard
Glynn Behmen in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Glynn E.
Brent Bender
Caylia and Nicholas Bender Eve Benesh
Joan Benner
John Bennett
Emi Bennett Vo
Dan Bensman
Benjamin Berg
Madeline Berger
Teri Berglund
Vi Bergquist
William Bergstrom
Morgan Bertinet
Mike and Ruth Bettendorf Bryan Bick
Mary Bildsoe
Alex Bissen
Brett Bjornrud
Bruce Blacher
Eric Blodgett
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Dianne Broman
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Tim & Mj Coats
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Dana Fox
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Diane Helgerson
Matthew Helgeson
George Henderson
Nicole Henry
Chris Hepola
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Sarah Herbert
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Judith Hollingshead
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Barbara Kennedy
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Patrick Kriske
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Ann Kuitunen
Pallav Kumar
Stanley Kusunoki
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Donald LaCourse
Constance Lacy
Gregory Lamberty
Connie Lanphear
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William Leslie
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Claire Lienesch
Barbara Lind
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Alison Link
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Meg Lontz
Don Lorr
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J P Lundberg
Catherine Lundoff
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Amy Lytton
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Margaret Mahoney
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Nina Manzi
Suad Maow
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Deborah Martin
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Lori McIntyre
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Claudia Melbye
Troy Meyer
Sherri Middendorf
Vanessa Milbradt
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Robert Mincey
Ashley Minihan
Randy Miranda in honor of Joy Miranda and Matt Bloodwell
Carol Mizuno
Kabir Mohamed
Cory Mohan
Jodi Mohs-Davis
Carol and Jim Moller
David Monson
Karen Moon
Paul Moore
Peter Moore
Matthew Moore
Ardus Morgan
Bradley Morison
Noelle Morrell
Dana Morrow
Shelley Mueller
Michael Munson
Honor Murphy
Greg Murphy
Brian and Jessica Murray Niki Murray
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Theresa Nelson
Rosalind Nelson
Dan Nelson
Eva Neubeck
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Whitney Niebler
Bill Nisporic
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Ann Novitske
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Catherine O'Dell
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Mike O'Neil
Scott Oakman
Paola Nunez Obetz in honor of Jorge Núñez Sánchez Matthew Olson
Melissa Olson
Gail Olszewski
Connor Omeara in memory of Ellen O.
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John Onkka
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Kimberly Osland
Denise Owens
William P
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Jill Padley
Steve Palmer
Nora Paoli
Richard Parnell
Linda Passon-McNally SooJin Pate
Donald C. Aggerbeck and Jane A. Pederson
Anna Peters
Barbara Peterson in memory of Marilynn Peterson
Jean Peterson
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Polly Jo Peterson
Brian Peterson-Delacueva John Petroskas
Sophie Pfeiffer
Maxwell Philbrook
Mary Pierce
Steve Pierson
Nicola Pine
Tony Plocido
Margaret Ploog
Joe Plummer
Benjamin Polk
Amy Pond in honor of Greg Clemente
Michael Porter
Fred Posine David Preston and Elaine Powell
Megan Powers
Erik & Lynndelle Pratt Christy Prediger
David Preston
Kathie Prieve in memory of Michael Miller
Dan Prozinski
Jane Qualey
Kellen Quinn
Robert Dana and Mary Radford
Stu Janis and Diane Rains Maja Radovanlija
Tim Reede
Sylas Rehbein
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Kathy Reinhardt
Jon Reischl
Pola Rest
Alexa Ricciardi
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Jessica Riemer
Patrick Riley
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Mark Ristau
Jan Rivers
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Gabriel Rodreick
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James Ronald
Joel Ronningen
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Carol Roth
Lauren Rottman
Wendy Ruble
Kurt RuKim
Alison Ryncarz
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Lila Lee Salls
Jasmine Sanchez
Chris Sandgren
Elizabeth Sands
Christine Sanguinet
Joe Savage
Dave Savageau
Mary Scarbrough
Jill Schafer
Sarah Schaser
Jill Scheel
Annette Schiebout
Curtis Schmelling
Wayne Schmieg
John Schmit
Anne and Matthew Schuerger
Debbie Schumer
Richard Miller and Carole Senty
Raymond Serrano
Aida Shahghasemi
Anne Shaw
Amy Shaw
Airn Sheahan
Dale Shores
Andrew Silberman
Melissa Simione in memory of George Floyd
Julia and Skip Singer
Robert Sipkins
Nancy Reichert-Sisson and Chuck Sisson
Morgan Sleeper
James Slusarek
Tom Smith
Barbara Sogn-Frank
Richard Solomon
Carolina Soto-Palma
Dean Spencer
Michael Spengler
Ellen Stanley
Kathy Starkey
Carla Steen
Jean Steinert
Eve Parker and Tom von Sternberg
Jennifer Stewart
Martha Stortz
Brooke and Dennis Strassburg
Will Strauss
Mark Strayer
Jean Streetar
Katherine Sullivan
Susan Summitt
Rebecca Surmont
Julieann Swanson in memory of Jim Gay
Carl Swanson
David Swenson
James Tade
Brian Tang
Jinath Tasnim
Chelsea Thibodeau
Priscilla Thomas
Peter Thomas
Doug Thompson
Natty Thompson
Victoria Thor
Mary Thury
Marie Tigelaar
Jerome Tiller
Karl Tise
Susan or Jim Tobin
Tami Traeger
Ann Treacy
Mary Laurel
True Maura and Robert Tschida
L Tuma
Charissa Uemura
Lauren Ulvi
Thomas Badow and Cynthia Unowsky
Megan Van Dyke
Verena Van Fleet
Pramila Vasudevan
John and Melinda Villerius Nicholas Vorpahl
Daniel Voss
Cindy and Jeff Voyen
Marcia Wahl
Robert Walker
Phoebe Ward
Andrea Warfield
Susan Watchman z
Mark Weaver in memory of Karen M. Weaver
Jennifer Weaver
Kathy Wedl
Shelley Wefald
Walter Wegner
Laura Weigold
Katie Weiner
Barbara Weisman
Jeff Weiss Zachary & Valerie Welch in memory of Thomas Will
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Vera Westrum Ostrom
Rick & Lisa Wheeler Timothy White
Ann White
Douglas Whorton
Heidi Wiese
Harison Wiesman
Craig Wiklund
Lynne Williamson
Therese Winkel-Johnson Tina Wittmer
Clint Wrede
Anne Graham and Elizabeth Wright
Sarah Youngquist
Maryam Marne Zafar
Noah Zernechel
Peter Zethraus
John Ziegenhagen
Mary and Keith Zilinski
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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