Project Grant
Project Grant
Independent Music Collaboration of Central Minnesota will present the Common Roots Festival for its 3rd year, August 22-24, 2019, in various venues downtown Saint Cloud, Minnesota. This 3-day festival features over 300 musicians.
Linda Brobeck: vice chair Wright County, visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC.; served on a number of non-profit boards; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher; choral director; community theatre director; voice lessons instructor; American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota board member; Leslie Hanlon: secretary Stearns County, director of fundraising and marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Ken Barry: Blues musician; Victorian photographer proficient in Digital imaging and, Platinum/Palladium printing and Wet Plate Collodion process and Bromoil printing and Cyanotype printing; University of Wisconsin; certified nuclear engineer; Buddy King: Saint Cloud playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, unit director for the Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in Saint Cloud, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community; Jo McMullen-Boyer: Central Minnesota Arts Board board member, station manager of KVSC Radio, music concert producer, community events organizer; Roger Reinardy: Central Minnesota Arts Board board member, fine and commercial artist, board member for Sauk Center Area Community Foundation.
Buddy King: Saint Cloud playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, unit director for the Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in Saint Cloud Minnesota, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community; Kristina Hess: District Auditorium Theater manager, leadership and coordination to 4 district theaters, involvement in newly develop theater programs; Scott L. Miller: composer of interactive electroacoustic chamber music and eco-systemic performance pieces, recent work experiments with virtual reality applications in live concert settings, Raba album, Professor of Music at Saint Cloud State University, director of SEAMUS Records; Lyssa Lovejoy: involved in Art communities with my father Jimmy’s Lovejoy sculptor and oils, artist, teaching art, art fairs/shows, acrylic artist, pen & ink artist, pencil artist, watercolor artist, working towards an art therapy life coach certification; Joan Eisenriech: Major in Studio Art from University of Minnesota Morris. art educator in Heron Lake, Minnesota, community education and recreation director for Mankato Public Schools, served on review panels for the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board; Linda Pacel: community artist, Community Education educator, currently assisting with a new arts program called CAP for retirees, Buffalo Art Guild Group (501C3) board member previously held the President's position 2015-2017 and a member since 2008; Steve Zapf: artist who works with wood mainly creating display canoes, Emerging Artist Award grantee from CMAB, Artist Career Development grantee to learn the art of paddle board building in 2017.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
(1) Building community relationships, (2) showcasing the artistic diversity and integrity of local and regional musical talent, and (3) a good reputation in providing a quality festival experience. Planning Committee Self-evaluation; Ongoing check in; Qualitative surveys.
Additional venues requested to participate, expansion of the types of music offered, increased number of artist applications received, favorable responses from venue operators, musicians and audiences. Surveys were collected from each of the stake holders - venues, artists, audiences.
Other,local or private