Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
DuLu: Mobile Illumination Art for the City of Duluth.
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.
Kristina Estell: visual artist, university fine arts instructor; Faith King: creative writer, visual artist, arts organization member; Karen McManus: musician, administrator at Mesabi Symphony Orchestra; Sarah Waddle: Program Manager for the North House Folk School, arts educator; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Creative light projection can add vibrancy to outdoor public spaces that are otherwise designed for utility. For example, a non-descript wall of an office building can be viewed and used as a digitally colored canvas. This re-envisioning of public space creates opportunities for artists working in digital media and in collaboration with non-digital media artists. It also invites the public to engage in creative discourse about the content of the projected artwork. In fewer words, the goal of this project is to add creative vibrancy to public spaces within the city of Duluth. Outcomes of this work are measured by intentional and unintentional public participation during outdoor projection events. Possibilities for public participation include, planned events with pre-event public outreach, collaboration with festivals or spontaneous pop-up projects. Dialogue between artists, attendees and passerby is the goal. These interactions inform the artistic quality, intention and healthy boundaries of this kind of public art making in the future.
The event took place Friday, March 29th and Saturday, March 30th, 8-10 PM The event was unprecedented and happened in a space unintended for creative expression The event attracted local press: The Duluth News Tribune and Fox 21 200+ people directly engaged with this project 700+ people engaged with this project via social media This project made use of the full grant award. Project Documentation will be broadcast Local Public Access Television
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