Grant Recipient Details

Location
Milton, MA
Artist
The Makanda Project, Milton, MA
Artist Website
http://makandaproject.com/
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Artist Profile
Project Title
The Makanda Project free community concerts
Fiscal Year Awarded
2016
Grant or Program
Creative City Boston - Artist Grant
Grant Amount
$6,500
  • Bromley-Heath Amphitheater, Columbus Ave and Heath Street, Jamaica Plain | June 11, 2016, 12:00-6:00 PM
  • South Street Housing Development, Jamaica Plain | August 6, 2016, 1:00-5:00 PM

Building upon a series of free public performances, the Makanda Project is expanding to create free music and art events. These events involve live painting sponsored by MassArt’s sparc! the ArtMobile, and performances by youth music, dance, and theater groups.

The Makanda Project brings you jazz from some of Boston’s most renowned jazz musicians. The group, formed in 2005, performs its own arrangements of previously unheard compositions by Boston-born Makanda Ken McIntyre (1931-2011).