Minnesota Festival Support
Minnesota Festival Support
The City of Lakes Loppet Festival will engage twenty-nine local artists to present an ice music concert, an ice-spire forest, and illuminated puppetry, during its 2019 Luminary Loppet event.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Adrienne Dorn: CEO and founder, Horseet, a nonprofit consulting and innovative artist management firm; former executive director of the Cedar Cultural Center; Robin Gillette: Arts consultant; former executive director, Minnesota Fringe Festival; Jay Gilman: Associate director, MN Fringe Festival; Seth Kaempfer: Director of St Cloud State LGBT Resource Center, organizer of St Cloud Pride; Amanda Lien: Former executive director, Crookston Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitor's Bureau; James Robertson: Photographer; retired director of New York Mills Cultural Center; Iris Shiraishi: Composer, musician, and educator; founder of ensemble-MA for TaikoArts Midwest; Alejandra Tobar: Founder, People's Movement Center; consultant and performer with Pangea World Theater
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Participants will feel a greater connection with, and appreciation for, their community, especially within the context of living in Minnesota in the winter. All participants will be surveyed, via email, immediately after the event and incentivized to respond with a special offer. Results will be analyzed and will inform planning for the next year. 2: Expand participants' appreciation for the creativity of diverse local artists, and their notion of the possibilities and potential for winter art. All participants will be surveyed, via email, immediately after the event and incentivized to respond with a special offer. Results will be analyzed and will inform planning for the next year.
Yes. 85% of survey respondents said the LL makes them feel connected to the community, and 98.4% said it helps them appreciate the beauty of Minnesota winter. We emailed a post-event survey to participants, and received about 560 responses. The two statements above were included in the survey. Participants could select Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree or Strongly Disagree. 2: Yes. 89.4% of respondents said LL helped them appreciate the creativity of local artists, and 88.9% said it expanded their appreciation for winter art. We emailed a post-event survey emailed to participants, and received about 560 responses. The two questions above were included in the survey. Participants could select Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree or Strongly Disagree.
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