Art Project Legacy
Art Project Legacy
Lower Sioux Cansayapi Wicoigage Oti (CWO) Incubator Start-Up Project
Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; Anna Johannsen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician, Hinterland Art Crawl board; Shawn Kinsinger: theater director, actor, musician, Palace Theatre executive director, Green Earth Players vice president, Luverne Street Music board member, Luverne High School Theater artistic director; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board. Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Louella Voigt: music, fiber art; Blue Mound Area Theatre board; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Janine Teske: music, theater, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley school board; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Lisa Bergh, visual art, arts admin; Shawn Kinsinger, theater, SMAC Board; Brett Lehman, music; Paula Nemes, theater, music; John Sterner, visual art, education; Mark Wilmes, theater, music
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Artists will gain increased access to purchase supplies and to produce original art. Artists will gain increased ability to display their work in the largest known permanent display of Lower Sioux art work. Lower Sioux folk and traditional artists will increase the demand and sales of their work through the new CWO promoting and selling work created by Lower Sioux artists through regular hours and special events and exhibits. In the first year of this project, we anticipate that these new furnishings will serve at least 25 artists and reach at least 500 audience members. We anticipate a similar level of impact annually for many years to come. We will track and report on the number of kiosks and display cases purchased and installed, the number of artists who purchase art supplies at here, the number of artists whose work is displayed within the first year, the number of visitors to CWO and special CWO events, and the number of pieces of artwork sold at CWO for our artists.
Due to Covid and the construction of the incubator being pushed back, we weren't able to start the "trading post" but we were able to purchase display cases. We are using those display cases to display art pieces from different artists. These display cases will help the artists show off their art. When the incubator has a big event, they will be displayed for everyone to see.