Art Project Grant
Art Project Grant
Relax Girl, You're an Artist
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; 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.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Drew Digby (218) 722-0952
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The initial goal is to bring together a diverse group of female artists from around the United States, whose works have never before been displayed together. In doing so, we hope to promote the work of these artists to our community while simultaneously widening the traditionally regional scope of contemporary art on view in Duluth. In bringing these artworks together and framing their works in the conversational environment of the "meeting hall," in addition to hosting curator and artist talks, we hope to spark public dialogue about important social issues such as the gendered nature of labor, the common struggle for balancing work loads, and the role and place of working women in contemporary art. We plan to measure the immediate audience impact of the exhibition by counting attendees at the exhibit's opening reception, as well as visitors to the gallery for the duration of the exhibition (October 2017). This will help us measure the level of community exposure. We will also document any press or television attention that the event receives, allowing us to additionally observe community exposure and evaluate the public scope of ideas and discussion initiated by the exhibition and events. Additionally, the majority of our events are attended by many local artists and civic leaders. We will follow up with them to assess their qualified view of the event's impact.
One of the initial goals is to bring together a diverse group of female artists from around the U.S., whose works have never before been displayed together. Through the grant, it allowed participating artists Lindsey Schmitt and Lydia Diemer, to be compensated for their travel and time installing their work. We promoted the work of these artists to our community while simultaneously widening the traditionally regional scope of contemporary art on view in Duluth. The project was successful as it has acted like a "meeting hall" and various artists from the Twin Ports have come to interact with the exhibit, featured artists and curators. During the opening we counted over 150 attendees ; through our staffed open hours, (Thurs-Sat) we have counted over 50 attendees.
Other, local or private