Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Electrical Upgrade.
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.
Luanne Fondell: arts administration; JoAnne Fraunfelder: arts administration; Maureen Keimig: theater; Brett Lehman: music, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Paula Nemes: theater, music; Michele Knife Sterner: theater, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Louella Voigt: arts administration; Tom Wirt: visual art, arts administration.
ACHF Arts Access
1. Eliminate the need for temporary electricity installation for each festival. 2. Expand festival programming to include pre-festival concerts, fundraisers or events, thus overcoming barriers to accessing high-quality arts activities. 3. Provide a safe, secure site for the festival with adequate electrical needs to expand the Rhythm of the River festival in the future, thus creating, producing and presenting high-quality arts activities for the community, county, and region. Our goals will be measured through random surveys at the festival and on Facebook. Volunteers will distribute paper surveys during the festival, and our Facebook manager will assemble a survey online. The professional sound technician who provides service at the festival will be interviewed about the electrical installation and how it serves his professional needs. Results of the surveys and interviews will be compiled and reported to the committee after the festival and results will be included in the grant final report. Upon completion of the installation of the electricity, and prior to the festival, a celebration event will be held at the site to recognize the improvements to the site, and acknowledge the SMAC grant as well as other donors who made the project possible.
The sound technician was very pleased with his dedicated outlet and had no issues with the new power feed. The food vendors were much happier in their new location which the main part of the upgrade allowed. They were also pleased there were plenty of outlets with enough capacity. While not as dependent on power as the food vendors, the art vendors were able to be located in the area in which the food vendors had previously been located. This provided them with better visibility and festival traffic during the event as well as the option of electricity for their displays. Members of the Fort staff and directors were pleased with having electricity in the new locations, and the possibilities this creates for any other joint events we may do at Fort Belmont in addition to the annual Rhythm of the River festival.
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