Small Grants - COVID-19
Small Grants - COVID-19
Composition project for the Quey Percussion Duo written following health guidelines for COVID-19.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; 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.
Drew Digby: ARAC Executive Director; Holly Hackett-Rich: ARAC Grants Manager; Erin Turner: ARAC Operations Manager; Steve Wick: ARAC Office Coordinator.
ACHF Arts Access
Ideally this would have a positive impact on the public and specifically the musical arts community as an example and inspiration that even though we are separated in these current times, we can still create, we can still perform, we can still keep music alive. We will know we are successful by creating a tangible piece of art at the completion of the project. The video journal will serve as a record of the process and we will release the final performance video via YouTube.
The goal of this project was to create a new composition while following social distancing guidelines. This has resulted in the completion of a new work for percussion duo. This also factors into the goal of making sure that even during these trying times, we are still able to create, to perform, and to inspire.