Art Project Grant
Art Project Grant
Carl Gawboy: Seasons and Stories.
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; 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; 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.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Duluth Superior Area Educational Television Corporation - WDSE-WRPT's goal is to not only to help share the arts with everyone living in region, but also to offer diversity, culture and education to those watching our programming. For this project, our objective is to commission a piece of artwork created by Native American Carl Gawboy, centered on storytelling, and bring awareness to the Native American oral tradition of storytelling. This process will feature how we can learn about the importance of storytelling and traditions in tribal life, how stories are passed down, and about local customs. As we capture Gawboy's artistic process, we will share his story through public screenings and ultimately the unveiling of the finished piece. Duluth Superior Area Educational Television Corporation - WDSE-WRPT will be able to measure the success of the Carl Gawboy project through several mediums. With the scheduled public events, we will be able to track the number of people in attendance and be able to speak one-on-one with attendees for feedback on the project. With segments being broadcast on air, we can determine the number of viewers through our ratings system, and from posting clips on our website, we will be able to measure the number of clicks from visitors. Through social media promotions, we will be able to gauge the public's interaction by views, likes and comments listed on the various platforms.
We were able to measure the number of people in attendance at the four events we hosted ? Bois Forte Heritage Center and Cultural Museum, Tower, Grand Portage National Monument, the American Indian Community and Housing Organization (AICHO), Duluth, and the WDSE-WRPT station office, Duluth. There were approximately 100 people in attendance. We were also able to measure how many times people viewed the social media videos we posted of the unveiling. On Sept. 13, 2018, in anticipation of the painting and unveiling, we posted a preview video of Gawboy's progress. It garnered 49 shares and 2,400 views. On Nov. 13, we posted the live feed of the unveiling and received nine shares and 607 views. A second video, The Slice, was posted on Nov. 16, received eleven shares and 777 views. In addition to being posted on Facebook, The Slice has a dedicated webpage, www.theslice.tv station, and a YouTube presence.
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