Minnesota Festival Support
Minnesota Festival Support
The Walker Ethnic Fest Committee will collaborate with up to fifty artists to bring cultural performances to the Leech Lake area in an event that includes music, dance, arts, and food.
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.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Michelle Baroody: ; Wendy LaRoque-Lundin: Native American fiber artist and educator; Erik Madsen-Bond: Director of Engagement and Company Manager, Ragamala Dance Company; Holly Menninger: Director of public engagement and science learning, Bell Museum; Karen Michels: Executive director, Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce.; Patricia Mitchell: ; Raymond Rea: Filmmaker and writer; Kristen Twitchell: Executive director, Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Ethnic Fest Audience will form a strong connection with the Leech Lake Ojibwe performers and vendors. We will have the committee chair and the artist liaison meet with the Leech Lake Tribe after the event to evaluate. Working on an interactive board to compare similarities and differences in our two cultures. 2: Ethnic Fest hopes to offer a wider variety of different Ethnic styles then in the past. By researching other Minnesota groups and their authenticity.
Ethnic Fest Audience will form a strong connection with the Leech Lake Ojibwe performers and vendors. We met after the event with committee, tribal representative and members of the community. 2: Ethnic Fest hopes to offer a wider variety of different Ethnic Styles then in the past. Our committee each researched and contacted different groups of Ethnic Background that we had not had in the past. We changed 60% of the performers for new Ethnic Groups.
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