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From YouTube: Artist Interview: Mary Evans
Description
Inspired by fellow musicians in the Martin Acres neighborhood, Mary is creating a website to feature and promote the innovative work these artists are producing despite not having access to performing halls and audiences. The site will help connect musicians to their audiences and to one another during the pandemic and beyond. Creative Neighborhoods: COVID-19 Work Projects was launched by the Office of Arts + Culture and Create Boulder: https://boulderarts.org/public-art/creative-neighborhoods/covid-19-work-projects/
B
B
In
pretty
much
every
every
way
it
could
be
affected,
I
would
say
I'm
one
of
the
lucky
ones,
because
I
still
have
some
income
coming
in
from
one
of
my
jobs
in
colorado
springs.
I
play
for
an
orchestra
that
was
lucky
enough
to
have
enough
money
to
keep
paying
us,
but
I
have
had
all
of
my
performances
cancelled.
B
Those
are
totally
off
the
table,
so
it's
been
a
lot
of
income
loss,
but
also
just
a
lot
of
things
that
I
was
looking
forward
to
and
things
that
fill
my
time
that
are
now
just
totally
gone.
So
it's
been
a
big
adjustment
to
be
home
all
the
time,
instead
of
driving
all
over
the
place
for
gigs
and
not
to
have
anything
particular
to
practice.
For
it's
a
little
hard
to
be
directionless,
I
would
say.
A
I
can
totally
relate
it's
weird.
It's
been
a
weird
limbo
time.
I
feel
like
absolutely
absolutely
yeah.
It's
very
strange,
so
you've
obviously
been
awarded
a
covid19
work
project.
Stipend.
Would
you
mind
just
briefly
telling
me
about
your
project
and
how
it
supports
connectivity
in
your
neighborhood
sure.
B
So
what
I
wanted
to
do,
I
was
inspired
by
some
people
that
I
live
with,
so
I
actually
live
with
two
other
violinists,
so
we've
got
a
house
full
of
music
here
and
I
heard
about
this
grant
from
from
them,
and
one
of
my
roommates
robbie
herbst
was
also
awarded
this
grant
and
he
has
been
organizing.
This
concert
series
from
our
front
lawn,
so
we've
marked
out
spots
on
the
street
so
that
people
can
stay
socially
distanced
and
it's
been
a
wonderful
way
to
bring
live
music
back
into
people's
worlds.
B
And
well,
this
sounds
like
a
really
cool
song.
We've
already
done
it
on
our
front
lawn.
So
so
I
was
trying
to
think
of
a
way.
I
could
do
something
in
the
same
vein,
but
a
little
bit
different.
So
I
thought
it
would
be
really
neat
to
have
a
place
where
these
kinds
of
neighborhood
projects
could
come
together,
and
so
I
created
a
website
called
music
on
the
block
and
there
are
sort
of
two
components
to
this
website.
B
One
of
them
is
centered
around
concerts,
similar
to
the
ones
we've
been
doing
at
our
house,
so
I
have
a
calendar
set
up
where
I
can
have
basically
a
list
of
concerts
sorted
by
area,
so
you
can
go
in
and
click
on
where
you
live
in
boulder
and
see.
If
there's
anybody
playing
music
near
you
and
then
the
other
component
is
a
blog
to
talk
about
how
musicians
in
boulder
have
been
affected
by
covid,
because
I
I
know
that
everyone
is
struggling
just
as
much
and
some
people
more
than
I
am.
B
That
needs
to
be
heard
right
now
and,
to
be
totally
honest,
I've
been
sort
of
struggling
with
how
to
do
that,
especially
on
a
platform.
That's
totally
new.
So
it's
not
like.
I
have
this
platform
all
built
up
for
me
that
I
can
use
to
support
someone
else,
I'm
simultaneously
trying
to
build
it
and
make
it
not
be
something
that
ignores
everything
going
on
in
the
world.