Community Arts
Community Arts
2017 Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games Music Project Funding for performances and workshops by Celtic fiddler Mary MacGillivray, cellist Ed Willitt, and five other Celtic groups/artists as part of the 2017 Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. Workshops will take place at The Celtic Junction in St Paul in May, June, and July 2017 and performances will take place at the Scottish Fair in Eagan 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
We are anticipating the number of participants will fill the workshop classes and will contain a range of expertise. We will survey the participants in regards to how this workshop helped them improve their understanding and ability to play Scottish/Celtic Folk Music. The workshop participants will be asked to fill out a survey evaluating the classes, interaction with instructors, understanding of Scottish/Celtic Folk Music, participant in play with the instructing artists at the workshop and on stage at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. Audience members will be survey to give their impressions of the performances on stage. Pictures will document the participation of workshop students at the Fair.
The Main Stage Tent 60'x80' was filled to capacity all day. The audience was also clapping and dancing to the music when appropriate. When exiting the main stage area, people were asked their opinion of the group that had just played. All the comments were positive. Only ones to maybe be considered negative, "Wish they could play longer."
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