Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Refurbish and Update Makers on the Minnesota Gallery and Gift Shop
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; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; 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; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; 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;
Mark Brodin, theater, film, music; Cheri Buzzeo, theater, SMAC board; Brett Lehman, music; Paula Nemes, theater, music; Janet Olney, visual art, arts admin; Eric Parrish, music, theater; Mark Wilmes, theater, music, SMAC board
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access
We hope to improve our ability to host artists and hold classes in our building. All of the programs we do will benefit from these improvements. We will keep feedback and comments from visitors and artists, and open a digitally accessible feedback form checked weekly.
It is now much easier for our board members and volunteers to focus on art of making theater as opposed to trying to track down the necessary tools and equipment for the task. The stage is now safer and does not have tripping hazards for our less mobile members. Overall, it is now much easier to look at a production and say "yes, we can do that". Those who had worked with us before could not stop raving about the improvements. Music rehearsals work better with the sound equipment. Repairs to set pieces can be made on the spot instead of waiting for someone to go home and get a drill or a saw. These new items allow us to widen the scope of our productions. The updated tech in the sound system brings us up to date with how musicals are produced now.