Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Prairie Fire Children's Theatre
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;
Justin Condelli, music, theater, education; Reggie Gorter, music, education; Georgette Jones, theater, education, SMAC board; Maureen Keimig, theater, Joyce Meyer, visual art, education; Dana Miller, visual art, writing, education; Mark Wilmes, theater, S
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Education
This project is important because it gives students, especially our younger students, the opportunity to try out theater/drama. We really want to keep this positive spirit and momentum going from last year for this important aspect of the arts. Those that take part take home a love for theater and encourage their friends to do that same. This is not only on stage themselves but encourages them to look at shows they watch themselves in a new perspective. We are creating life long lovers of theater and these students will consider taking part in our high school musicals when they get older. We hope to see a growth in our programs as a result of these productions. We plan to measure success based off of community verbal feedback and participant and parent surveys. This will tell us what went well, what needs to be improved, and how this has affected the students' view on participating in theater in upcoming years. We will also look for the growth in our middle school productions. Once we have established an interest in students through this week long experience we are hopeful that students will be more willing to commit to a full show with our drama department. Many of our participants are middle school age so we should be able to see this impact within the fall season.
We were extremely pleased with the turnout and the performance. The kids seemed happy and that they enjoyed it enough to want to do something like this again. Their confidence grew and it was observed that new friendships were made. The interns did a great job helping as well and seemed to get a lot out of the opportunity. The community thanked community education and the artist numerous times for the opportunity. Many students that participated in this production signed up for theatre workshops in May because they enjoyed this one so much. Community Education feels that it is important to continue including the arts in our programming through a yearly show and theatre classes and continue offering other arts activities as well.
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