Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Hibbing Farmers Market - Local Musical Performances - Summer 2022
Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Roxann Berglund: musician; Bill Payne: Professor of Theater at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Liz Engelman: dramaturg, founder and director of Tofte Lake Center; Jessica Peterson: essayist, playwright, co-founder of Yellow Tree Theater; Erin Cain: University of Minnesota-Duluth Student Liaison
Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Roxann Berglund: musician; Kris Nelson: artist, teacher; Jayne Richards: painter; Rachel Klesser: painter, mixed media artist
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Goals: 1. Provide a unique venue for local musicians 2. Create a more welcoming atmosphere and increase market attendance 3. Expose local population to different genres of music produced by their neighbors 4. Encourage performance of talented but unknown musicians 1. Increase musician visits 2021 to 2022 by 50% 15 visits to 30 visits 2. Increase market attendance numbers 2021 (6700) to 2022 3. Evaluate types of music (genres, instruments) compared to previous years performances 4. Determine performer past experience or lack of such: meaning if we are offering opportunities for new performers'