Art Project Grant
Art Project Grant
Horizons: Glass by Jon Offutt. The project will include an exhibit of Offutt's glass work and two days of exterior glassblowing demonstrations open to Bigfork art students and the public.
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; 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; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
1. Mount a glass exhibit in the Edge Center Gallery, with attendant publicity, set up, handouts, and reception. 2. Sponsor two days of demonstrations, providing space, propane, bleachers, volunteer helpers, and funding. 3. Increase educational art activities for Edge of the Wilderness residents by providing an opportunity for the regional public and Bigfork art students to learn about glassblowing methods by watching Jon Offutt, experienced and well-recognized artist, on October eight and 9, 2019. The following evaluation methods will be used. 1. Keeping track of the number of viewers at both the exhibit and demonstrations. 2. Soliciting verbal feedback about Offutt and the events. Short written forms evaluating the demo as a learning experience will be distributed to demonstration attendees. In a small community, this personal reaction is very valuable. 3. The smoothness of operations and ways we anticipate the needs of the artist, will show the results of careful planning.
1. Mount a glass exhibit in the Edge Center Gallery, with attendant publicity, set up, handouts, and reception. These goals were successfully achieved. 2. Sponsor two days of demonstrations, providing space, propane, bleachers, volunteer helpers, and funding. The Edge Center is attached to the Bigfork school. We were able to provide space right near the entrance to the School. Propane was purchased and delivered on time. Funding was secured. At least two volunteers were on hand both days to assist Jon with the audiences and hand out surveys. The only thing that changed was that folding chairs took the place of bleachers. (The bleachers were reserved for a school sports event.) 3. Increase educational art activities for Edge of the Wilderness residents by providing an opportunity for the regional public and Bigfork art students to learn about glassblowing methods by watching Jon Offutt, experienced and well-recognized artist, on October eight and 9, 2019. This goal was successful as seen by the survey results.
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