Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,246
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Good Harbor Hill Players
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2017
End Date
August 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
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Project Overview

Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Project Details

Good Harbor Hill Players 2017 Summer Solstice Pageant

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Duane Barnhart: watercolor painter, cartoonist; Mary McReynolds: arts administrator at Lyric Center for the Arts; Chris Marcotte: retired social worker, historian, writer; Maria Brown: art instructor and program coordinator at CHOICE, unlimited!; Mason Wilson: artist, illustrator.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,246
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,075
Direct expenses
$7,321
Administration costs
$700
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Good Harbor Hill Payers' goal is to bring our neighbors together in the magic of our seasons, the natural world and the history and lore of our home here on Lake Superior. Measurable outcomes include our continued ability to attract both citizen artists and audience members from diverse backgrounds and age groups. We evaluate the success of our endeavor by the numbers of participants in our workshops and the audience numbers we attract. We review videos of the performance for artistic merit and audience reaction.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The Good Harbor Hill Payers' goal is to bring our neighbors together to celebrate Life, as experienced in various seasons, the natural world, and the history and lore of our home here on Lake Superior. Measurable outcomes include our continued ability to attract both citizen artists and audience members from diverse backgrounds and age groups. This year we created a 30 minute, original, outdoor puppet pageant titled "To Bee or Not To Bee". Our theme this year was the importance of bees as pollinators. We learned about and shared the remarkable industry and service of bees. The performance featured live music, performers on stilts and a wide array of puppets and masks. Over fifty individuals attended our free puppet workshops, where we created the puppets, masks and costumes used in the performance. Almost all of these workshop volunteers continued on to rehearsal and performed in the pageant. Approximately 850 people came to watch the final performance. The performance is available on YouTube. "Solstice Puppet Pageant June 2017 Grand Marais, MN".

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jim Ouray, Betsy Bowen, Jennifer Schulz, Peter Henrikson, Fritz Bogott
Project Manager
First Name
Barb
Last Name
LaVigne
Organization Name
Good Harbor Hill Players
Street Address
PO Box 68
City
Grand Marais
State
MN
Zip Code
55604
Phone
(218) 387-2137
Email
blavigne@boreal.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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