Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Jazz at the VFW: Presenting a 2017-2018 series of high quality jazz music at Grand Rapids VFW Post 1720 hosted by Sam Miltich and Friends and featuring special guest artists.
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; 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; 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.
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; 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!; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
In the short term we hope to present ten concerts to an audience of 100 people at each event and provide a musical experience that the audience feels is excellent. In the long term, we hope that the support for jazz during First Fridays will continue to connect us to our community and give our veterans and members a sense of community support. We will use short written surveys on the tables during the concerts to get feedback from attendees and will count attendance at each event. Informal surveys of attendees will be conducted by Sam Miltich and VFW staff to further assess the success of our project.
We presented 12 high quality performances of live jazz music to audiences in northern Minnesota featuring the band Sam Miltich and Friends. Over the project period we brought in 14 guest musicians. Our total audience of at least 700 returned positive reviews of the music, venue, and guest musicians. The overall outcome was that through jazz music we enhanced our ability to create a community gathering space that welcomes the public and supports our veterans.
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