Community Arts
Community Arts
VetsFest 2017 Funding for VetsFest, a free one-day music festival honoring military veterans, held at Richard Walton Memorial Park in Oakdale in July 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.
Stephani Atkins: Youth programming, volunteerism, artistic; Rachel Bender: General administration, community service, development, youth programming; Janelle Doyle: Education, community education, youth programming; Paul Eastwold: Disabilities specialist, education, general management, administration; Bob Graff: Education, general management, administration, youth programming; Alejandra Iannone: Artistic, education, youth programming; Larry Neumann: Education, community education; Jeanne Schwartz: General administration, fundraising, organizational development; Christy Spillman George: General administration, organizational development, audience development, marketing.
ACHF Arts Access
Anticipated attendance of 1800-2200 people to experience 3 bands and view 20+ veteran organization booths. We will base the success of the event/evaluate anticipated outcomes on the following: attendance, audience survey, artist survey, and post-performance feedback. We will have volunteers walking around at the event asking audience members their opinion of the event and will also have an online survey for people to complete.
Attendance was estimated at 1,800 people. With 60 plus volunteers interacting with the crowd, volunteers stated that every person they talked with, would return in following years.
Other, local or private