Art Project
Art Project
Missoula Children's Theater, Summer 2019.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women’s Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Scott Wessels: theater actor, director, writing, media, communications, board member for Green Earth Players; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Anne Dybsetter: visual art, writing; John Ginocchio: music, education; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board; Jane Nygaard: arts advocate; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University associate director for Access Opportunity Success program, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board; Tom Wirt: visual art.
ACHF Arts Education
Our goal is to promote knowledge of and participation in the performance arts by youth in our community. This increase in knowledge and participation in the theater will enhance and expand student's skills in verbal and physical public expression, enhance their self-confidence, expand their exposure to other students with like interests in the arts and just plain have fun doing art. We will have two questionnaires. One for the residency participants and another for the local facilitator. The questionnaire for the participants will include subjective assessment regarding their experience. The questionnaire for the local facilitator will assess performance at the onset and then again at the conclusion of the residency, measuring objective improvement in goal areas from each participating age level.
54 students experienced a theatrical performance, with an overview of all aspects found in a production. three local organizations had a positive experience working together on an arts project. A scholarship was made available to a student unable to afford the registration costs. We were able to meet our goal of having a new generation of students develop an interest and skills in the preforming arts, while having an enjoyable experience. The skills and confidence developed among these youthful thespians will provide actors for upcoming local productions by both the school and Green Earth Players. The students were very pleased with their experience. The adults were impressed with how well the students developed their theatrical skills during the week, primarily because of the high caliber direction they received from the MCT staff.
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