Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Spring Sculpture. We seek to complete a set of four sculptures on the grounds of the library.
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, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Emily Fasbender: student liaison, visual artist
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Johnnie Hyde: choreographer and dance teacher, publisher; Anthony Kuznik: retired music teacher and school administrator, arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The library seeks to beautify our grounds with striking art pieces for all to enjoy. This project would create a spring sculpture for our southwest corner. Evaluation of the project will be conversations with community members young and old about the sculpture and what it does for the library and the community in general. We hope the responses will show that the sculpture is a positive addition to the library and the community and increases our community sense of place
We have a fourth sculpture with a seasonal theme on the library grounds. We held an unveiling party with 65 in attendance, many of whom had not looked at any of the sculptures up close. Our online community survey of the sculptures resulted in 180 people voting for their favorite sculpture and "Autumn" won by a large margin. 23 people selected the "Spring" sculpture as their favorite. This was a successful project to support a local artist and provide public exposure to their work. The artist is expanding his horizons and looking to other nearby communities to create and display his work as well.
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