Quick Start Grant
Quick Start Grant
Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan Concert.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; 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; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goal of the Sacred Heart Music Center’s (SHMC) quick start grant project is to bring Grammy-nominated national recording artist Joan Osborne to perform the Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan Concert during Duluth’s weeklong celebration, the Duluth Dylan Fest, in honor of Bob Dylan. Duluth is the birthplace of Bob Dylan, who is a living legend and one of the most celebrated artists of our time. Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in December 2016, the first musician to win such international recognition from this coveted honor. Ms. Osborne recorded an all Dylan Album released in 2017 and is honored to be invited to perform in Bob Dylan’s birthplace during the week of his 78th birthday. SHMC is collaborating with the Duluth Dylan Fest. Our hope is this concert will increase the awareness of SHMC on the national level by bringing a well-known artist to Duluth, at the same time offering a high-quality arts opportunity to community members. Evaluation plans include the following methods: track the number of people who attend the concert, the number of volunteers, as well as the number of musicians who perform. We will also conduct a short key informant survey with a select number of participants to gauge satisfaction with the concert and the opportunity to hear a national recording artist in Duluth. We will also as Joan Osborne to provide her feedback on the opportunity to play at the Sacred Heart Music Center and in Bob Dylan’s birthplace. We will also track print and social media stories about the event. Finally, we will also track the number of sponsorships we were able to leverage with support from our proposed quick start grant project.
428 Ticket sold sixteen volunteers twelve artists (6 musicians, one sound engineer, three writers, one photographer, and one graphic designer) five sponsorships (Duluth Grill, Duluth Dylan Fest, Holiday Inn, Sheldon Reproduction, and local musician with sound equipment) twelve volunteers Major media story in the A and E section of the DNT in May and concert was featured on the morning program on WDIO TV, a number of radio features, and social media stories were posted including stories on Ennyman Territory and Expecting Rain Photographer Michael K. Anderson documented the performance (One of his pictures was shared by Joan Osborne on her Instagram profile and recorded 543 likes) Joan Osborne shared she was honored to perform in such a beautiful space and in Bob Dylan's hometown. Duluth's Coyote was thrilled to play the opening set for a national act Common themes from the key informant interviews include: Best concert I have seen all year, outstanding venue for an intimate show, best Dylan Fest to date.
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