Community Arts
Community Arts
2017 Lowertown Blues Festival. Funding for the 2017 Lowertown Blues Festival, a free event held over two days showcasing national blues artists and Minnesota headliners such as Lamont Cranston Blues Band, Ken Valdez, Lisa Wenger, and Sena Eberhardt. Lowertown Blues Festival is expected to draw 25,000 attendees at Mears Park in July 2017.
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.
Zhen Zou: Education, general management, artistic; Emmy Carter: Fundraising, education, artistic; Kevin Vollmers: Fundraising, audience development, organizational development; Liane Olson: Administration, fundraising, community education; Marjorie Fedyszyn: Artistic, education, volunteerism; Colleen Zuro-White: General administration, organizational development, volunteerism; Tisidra Jones: Artistic, administration; Tiffany Kong: Computer systems, administration, organizational development; Nicole Matter: Administration.
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Outcomes, Quantitative. Community: Lowertown Blues Festival will attract audiences of 25,000 over its two-day run. Artists: Lowertown Blues Festival will present 16 (estimate four per four ensembles) Minnesota-based blues artists to headline the 2017 festival. An additional 84 blues artists will perform in Lowertown clubs and venues during the festival. Management Effectiveness: The most important indication of Lowertown Blues Festival's financial health and sustainability will be to balance its 2017 organization budget. Outcomes, Qualitative. Audience: Lowertown Blues Festival's online survey will include a question for assessing the artistic quality of audience members' experiences to establish a baseline. Artists: Performers have a significant stake in what happens on stage and are accountable for a standard of excellence in their performance. The quality of artistry will be assessed by Lowertown Blues Festival staff and board; audience surveys; and music critics. In 2017 Lowertown Blues Festival artists will give feedback via an online survey. Audience surveys online: From its many years of professional experience, Lowertown Blues Festival staff have learned that most audience members prefer to give online feedback after the festival, rather than being interrupted while listening to music or moving to new venues. Online surveys will be publicized by emails and Facebook, and open for ten days of participation. Lowertown Blues Festival board and staff will assess results and make recommendations for any future changes. Artist surveys online: Lowertown Blues Festival blues artsits will give feedback via an online survey. 2017 Lowertown Blues Festival vendors will also be surveyed online for their experiences with the artists and production team.
LBF surpassed its original outcome for the 2016 festival to attract audiences of 25,000 over its two-day run. LBF reached 30,625, which surpassed the goal by 5,625 attendees, or 22.5%. Qualitatively, LBF’s on-site audience survey indicated that 95% rated the festival in the top two rankings (five and four on a scale from one to five, five highest). 80% rated the festival as “5” and 15% as “4”.
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