Quick Support for Artists
Quick Support for Artists
Crow Media's Small Stories
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; 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. 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; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Cheryl Avenel-Navara, arts admin, SMAC board; Daryl Hrdlicka, film, theater; Georgette Jones, theater, SMAC board; Joyce Meyer, visual art, Kristine Shelstad, visual art, SMAC board; Kerry Ward, visual art
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access
With this project, numerous small, micro-stories will need to be interweaved to create the larger story, and that is where the challenge and fun lie for me. I know I have the skillset and background to do it but it's an ambitious goal. A considerable challenge will be aligning a shooting schedule that works for the artists I need to interview and also keeping on task to finish it. I'll be doing some of the editing with DaVinci Resolve, which is new program to me. I'll be pulling from a diverse assortment of RAW camera footage and properly color grading all of it. I just need to continue learning a little bit at a time and I'll be more proficient at it. Artistically, right now, I feel I'm more creatively focused than I ever have been, and that is a change in my attitude from creative projects I've done in the past. I have a clear understanding of what I want to accomplish, and I know what I need to do to do it, and I'm looking forward to the challenge.