Art Project
Art Project
2019 Minnesota Pottery Festival.
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 Access
Increase attendance by ten percent. Increase audience awareness of pottery types and techniques. Positive visitor experience. Maintain or increase sales for exhibiting potters. Continue to diversify and build individual and institutional funding support. Reach underserved communities through marketing, partnerships, and new outreach tools. Measuring visitor experience including awareness of pottery types and techniques: In 2019 we are going to create evaluation stations to capture more feedback. We created a quick worksheet to capture the responses and then every few hours the volunteer adds all the answers into the electronic survey for easy tabulation and analysis. Since 2016, we have been capturing demographic data to gather benchmarks to benchmark future audience demographics growth. Measuring impact on exhibiting potters: Over the last four years, we gathered real sales and experience results from all participating artists. We will be able to use this data as a reference point to ensure that participating potters have increased sales year-over-year. Diversify and Build Funding: In 2019, we will hold another Preview Party to engage individual supporters, artists, sponsors, and funders in a dedicated fundraiser to further diversify and strengthen our funding sources. We are also planning to build in more funding asks during and immediately after the Festival. We’ll also strive to identify new institutional and corporate funding sources.
We had a 14% increase in attendance, with around a 6% increase in non-Caucasian attendance. By creating three new demonstration opportunities we increased audience awareness of techniques. We also had more different types and styles of pottery on display than ever before. 95% of visitors said they would return in the future. The potters' feedback is that this is one of their favorite events of the year because most traditional art shows don't draw pottery focused audiences and tend to not foster opportunities for the potters to collaborate and share techniques. 88% say they plan apply to participate next year.
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