Community Arts
Community Arts
Concert Series at Senior Living Facilities Funding for a four-part concert series held at senior living facilities in the Twin Cities, designed to introduce communities to the musical artform of handbells.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; 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; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Sarah Gerdes: Youth programming, artistic, general administration; Frangena Johnson: Artistic, community education, audience development, marketing; Laney Ohman: Audience development, marketing, computer systems, web design, fundraising; Dan Pinkerton: Education, artistic, computer systems, web design; Suzanne Roberts: Artistic, community education, education; Gregory Rose: Artistic, education, community education; Lula Saleh: Artistic; Jovan Speller: Artistic, general administration, community education; Carla Steen: Artistic, audience development, marketing.
ACHF Arts Access
Entertain residents at senior living facilities through educational concerts, and share our music with 400 people. We will evaluate the success of our concerts by speaking with the residents and the employees of the facilities after the concert. Performers will also give post-concert feedback through surveys and discussions.
At these concerts, audience surveys are not practical for many of our elderly patrons, so we relied on good old-fashioned word of mouth. After each performance, people lingered to chat with our musicians as we mingled with them. Some of us stayed at the tables and assisted those who were able to come up for a closer look at our bells. We helped them try ringing the bells and handchimes.
Other, local or private