Minnesota Festival Support
Minnesota Festival Support
The 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival will attract 45,000 festival goers to downtown Saint Paul, showcasing 300 Minnesota jazz artists and 100 junior/high school and college performers, with two free public workshops.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Stephanie Busiahn: Executive director, Fairmont Convention and Visitors Bureau; certified festival manager; Elissa Chaffee: Director of development, American Craft Council, Minneapolis; Ken Chin-Purcell: Director of the Saint Anthony Park Arts Festival; owner and potter, Bungalow Pottery; Patricia Grimes: Photographer; volunteer with Bemidji Community Arts Center; former educator and arts coordinator at Sanford-Neilson Place; Richard Hansen: Film curator, Redeye Cinema; founder, Duluth Superior Film Festival and Prove Gallery, Duluth; Dayna Martinez: Long-time arts administrator, including sixteen years at Ordway Center; Kathleen Peterson: Arts administrator, playwright, visual artist, freelance writer; active community arts volunteer
ACHF Cultural Heritage
2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival will feature 300 Minnesota jazz artists performing straight-ahead, big band, be-bop, ragtime and fusion jazz. 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival will document the names and number of Minnesota artists performing in 2013, as well as their instruments and jazz genres. 2: 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival will attract audiences of 45,000 over its three day run in 27 free venues in Mears Park and nearby neighborhoods. 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival Program will list all venues and their locations. Saint Paul Police will provide audience estimates.
TCJ presented 314 Minnesota jazz artists performing a wide range of jazz, such as hot club swing, Brazilian folkloric music, African percussion, Chilean jazz 2: TCJ attracted 33,800 participants to 106 shows at 22 venues June 26-28 in Mears Park and Saint Paul neighborhoods.
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