Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Jazz at the VFW: Presenting a 2018-2019 series of high quality jazz music at Grand Rapi.ds VFW Post 1720 hosted by Sam Miltich and Friends and featuring special guest artists.
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Johnnie Hyde: choreographer and dance teacher, publisher; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Keiko Williams: musician, Executive Director at Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust; Sarah Brokke-Erickson: painter, fine art instructor at the College of St. Scholastica.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
In the short term we hope to present ten concerts to an audience of 100 people at each event and provide a musical experience that the audience feels is "excellent." In the long term, we hope that the support for jazz during First Fridays will continue to connect us to our community and give our veterans and members a sense of community support. We will use short written surveys on the tables during the concerts to get feedback from attendees and will count attendance at each event. Informal surveys of attendees will be conducted by Sam Miltich and VFW staff to further assess the success of our project.
We presented nine jazz concerts to an average audience size of 100 people at each event, and provide a musical experience that the audience feels is "excellent." The First Fridays jazz nights connect the Grand Rapids VFW to our community and give our veterans and members a sense of community support. We used short written surveys on tables during a selection of First Friday events, and project manager Sam Miltich along with VFW staff collected informal feedback from attendees.
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