Project Name: Art Alive
What is your first and last name?
Amy Hoyes
What are your preferred pronouns?
She/her/hers
What city or village do you live in?
[534]Does your neighborhood have a name? If so what is it?
[535]Are you connected with anyone in your local government?
[536]Are you applying as a business owner, artist, non-profit, DDA, or Commercial Improvement District?
[280]Where will your project take place?
Grand Ledge
Briefly describe your project idea:
The Downtown Development Authority plans to work with the City of Grand Ledge and the Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce to have a mural painted on a building on the main street of downtown Grand Ledge. This is a highly visible building that overlooks a little pocket park.
How will you be involved in this project? Who will you worth with?
If we are selected, we will be promoted what we are planning to do on the building. The owner will be heavily involved as well as community in selecting some of the artistic components. We want the community to “visit” the mural and interact with it by taking photos and promoting that it is in our town. The hope is that it will drive more foot traffic on Bridge Street which is our main street in Grand Ledge.
Describe the artist’s or artists’ work. This is not about credentials—what do they do as an artist?
She paints beautiful vibrant murals around mid-Michigan as well as front doors and garage doors and detailed pet portraits.
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Why does your community need this project?
The building needs to be lightened up, brightened up and given a fresh look. We have been talking about doing a mural with the city and the building owner since pre-covid. This building faces a pocket park called Bridge Street Plaza. The one side of the park has a “Greetings from Grand Ledge” mural that the chamber completed in 2021. Adding art to the other side will balance out the park and make it a more cohesive space for the community and visitors alike.
What do you hope to achieve through this project?
We have tentatively created the term “Art Alive” for this project. We would like to have various colors, shapes and sizes of flowers painted on a building with the message that we are all diverse but equally important. This will promote our community as welcoming along with the building having some color and vibrancy to it.
How do you plan to spend the $5,000 microgrant?
We will be paying the artist fees to have the mural painted on the building. It will likely need a frame around it to ease in moving it if for some reason the building or land changes owners we do not want to lose the mural.
What resources do you already have to make this project successful? Resources could include things like time, partners, expertise, donated goods/materials/space, matching funds, and more. Please approximate the in-kind value if possible.
The Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Development Authority, City of Grand Ledge, building owner and local artist, who has worked with us before, will be utilized. We will pool funds from this grant and the chamber if awarded to make this happen. In-kind donations are not specified yet.
Will your project require special permits from the community you are in? For example, anything that requires a street closure or installing a permanent art piece will likely require a special permit from your local governing body or zoning board. If your project is funded, the MML Foundation is happy to help you navigate that process. Please note that all applicants must obtain any necessary permits for their projects, if selected for funding. *
Yes
Anticipated project launch date:
August 1, 2023
Will you serve as the primary point of contact for this application?
[291]Lead Artist First and Last Name:
Adrienne Gelardi
Lead Artist Website (If Applicable):
https://artofadrienne.com/about/
Business 1: Business Name:
Eyes Optometry Boutique
Business 1: Business Type:
Service
Business 1: Business Owner First and Last Name:
Roxanne Pollard
Business 1: Physical Location Address
221 S Bridge Street
Business 1: Twitter Handle (If Applicable)
Business 1: Facebook Page Link (If Applicable)
https://www.facebook.com/EYESOptometryBoutique
Business 1: Instagram Handle (If Applicable)
https://www.instagram.com/eyes.optometryboutique/
Business 2: Business Name:
Salon 219
Business 2: Business Type:
Service
Business 2: Business Owner First and Last Name:
Heather Fulton
Business 2: Business Physical Location Address:
219 S Bridge Street
Business 2: Twitter Handle (If Applicable)
salon219inc
Business 2: Facebook Page Link (If Applicable)
https://www.facebook.com/salon219inc
Business 2: Instagram Handle (If Applicable)
salon219inc
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Image Caption 2 (if any): Copy of the mural on the other building
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