Rural Arts and Culture Summit
Rural Arts and Culture Summit
2017 Rural Arts and Culture Summit
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art teacher, visual arts, Tyler Arts Council.
Janet Olney: Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board, visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board, photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Great Murray: Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Executive Director.
ACHF Arts Access
Artists and arts organizations build relationships with members of, or organizations that serve, groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization. Anecdotal responses, contacts made, relationships built, ideas generated.
Since this was my first RAC Summit my goal was to make connections with experts and organizations that support the arts plus gain strategies in how to implement more art and culture in our rural community of Tyler in Lincoln County, MN. Some of the experts I visited with were: local area experts Sarina Otaibi of Granite Falls & Lauren Carlson of Dawson and state wide experts Sheila Smith of the MN Citizens for the Arts, Ashley Hanson of Public Transformation, John Becker of Red Wing Innovation Incubator and Amy Demmer of the Grand Marais Art Colony. Each plenary and breakout session I attended was of value but the one that really provided with me with concrete strategies to use in my community to expand the arts and culture was "Mapping the Journey: Organizing for Community Change".