Community Arts
Community Arts
Funding for the Hamline Midway Hartwood Festival, a free all-day event featuring local bands, theater performances, visual arts, food vendors, civic engagement opportunities, and resources for residents. The festival will take place at Newell Park in St. Paul in June 2013.
Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Patty Gordon: theatre, disabilities specialist, artist; Zhen Zou: music, dance, general administration, artist; Jeanne Morales: music, finance, artist, fundraising; Andrew Leitch: literature, artist, fundraising; Linda Dorn: theatre, music, artistic; Shauna Dee: visual arts, general management; Ellen Stanley: music, artist, audience development, general management; Timothy Parlin: visual arts, music, artist; Christine Shyne: theatre, literature, community arts, general management, youth programming, artistic.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jeff Prauer (651) 645-0402
ACHF Arts Access
To showcase the diversity of local artistic talent, using art as a vehicle for understanding local issues, and connecting residents to the urban environment.Paper survey; online survey.
50 local artists participated in the Hamline Midway Hartwood Festival; 600 audience members attended;the festival attracted a greater range of participants than in previous years; the resource fair included 38 local community based businesses and organizations; the festival created and deepened connections; local businesses and artists gained valuable exposure.
Other, local or private