Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
2019 Ely ArtWalk.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; 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 Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate; Johnnie Hyde: choreographer and dance teacher, publisher; Rena Hartman: Executive Director, Mesabi Community Orchestra.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Drew Digby (218) 722-0952
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Goals are to invite local artists of all levels of expertise to share their art with the community, to engage local merchants to offer their window space for exhibits, and to bring exciting exhibits to the community and out-of-town visitors to enhance their appreciation and enjoyment of the arts. Measurable short-term outcomes are: • To showcase high quality works of art. • To maintain or expand participation by adult and student artists. • To maintain or increase the number of participating merchants. • To connect artists with interested buyers. Long-term outcomes are to help strengthen the winter tourism economy and provide more opportunities for artists to live and work in the Ely area. The Ely ArtWalk board tracks the number of adult and youth artists, the number of artworks on display, and the number of participating merchants. The board surveys artists to collect feedback on the event. It also surveys participating merchants, and uses the input of artists and merchants to plan for future events. Indicators of success on the long-term outcomes will include growing lodging taxes collected in February, and increasing numbers of artists living, working, and exhibiting in Ely. Lodging tax collections are tracked and provided by the Ely Chamber of Commerce.
Measurable outcomes were: - To showcase high quality works of art - To maintain or expand participation by adult and student artists - To maintain or increase the number of participating merchants - To connect artists with interested buyers. EAW keeps written records of the numbers of adult and student artists and participating merchants. We conducted a survey of participating artists and solicited their feedback on a number of aspects of the event. We held an evaluation meeting after the event was completed. Since we no longer are able to track sales of art, we do not know how effective we were in connecting artists with interested buyers. The 2019 Ely ArtWalk board feels it was successful in meeting all of its measurable outcomes. The board was satisfied with the quality of art submitted. We drew 100 adult artists and 25 youth who participated as individual artists or in group shows. We were able to display art in the windows of 45 Ely businesses. This is an increase in the number of adult artists from 88 in 2018, but a small drop in the number of participating businesses from 48 in 2018. We are no longer able to track sales of art during the event.
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