Community Arts
Community Arts
Ladies Rock Camp Funding for Ladies Rock Camp, a three-day music camp for women, gender nonconforming and trans folks ages 19 and older. Participants will form a band, write original songs, take workshops on songwriting and gear, and perform in a live rock show. Activities will take place at Lake Harriet House of Music in South Minneapolis and culminate in a public performance at Bunkers Music Bar and Grill in April 2017.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Denise Prosek: Artistic, administration; Jeanne Morales: Finance, artistic, fundraising; Edie Abnet: Artistic; Jessie Roelofs: Education; Liz Lassiter: Youth programming, artistic, community education; Brittany Lynch: Artistic, organizational development, community service; Maja Wheeler: Artistic, general administration; Mike Alberti: Artistic, education, finance; Tom Loftus: General administration, audience development, artistic.
ACHF Arts Access
24 women will attend the camp and over 150 people will attend the final showcase. 25% of campers will pick up an instrument for the very first time and another 25% will be playing an instrument they haven't played in over 10 years. Surveys will be given to campers and camp staff, teachers. Audience numbers at the final performance will be evaluated, as well.
23 participants attended camp and each participant wrote at least one song that they performed at the final showcase. 53% of these participants had never played their instrument before camp and 100% of participants reported that they would attend the camp again AND recommend it to others in the community.
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