Art Project
Art Project
Music Festival 2023
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; Maggie Fuller: visual art, writing; 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; 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; Erin Kline, visual art, music, writing, education, SMSU Diversity and Inclusion; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board; Jessica Mata: visual art, dance, Kerkhoven Arts Council; Kylie Rieke: ceramics, murals, music, theater, T-Bird Community Arts Board; 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; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; Mark Wilmes: Tyler Arts Council board president, actor/director, musician, reporter
Beth Habicht, music; Candace Joens, music, theater; Maureen Keimig, theater; Shawn Kinsinger, theater, arts admin, SMAC board; Brett Lehman, music; Janet Olney, visual art, arts admin; Molly Rivera, visual art, arts admin; Mark Wilmes, theater, music, SMAC board.
ACHF Arts Access
This Festival continues to work to share Folk/Americana music with local residents and draw new visitors to the region. We look forward to introducing visiting artists to the venue and build relationships for future festivals. This Festival will help develop awareness/knowledge of Folk/Americana music in the upper Midwest and promote understanding of diverse types of music by bringing in a variety of talent that folks in this area would not normally be exposed to or even be aware of as they do not advertise heavily or get significant airplay on radio. This year we want to add two more local businesses/sponsors to the committee, retain at least 80% of previous volunteers and add five new volunteers, and draw in 250 attendees with 65% returning from the previous year. Survey Monkey had been an effective tool for assessing patron and volunteer response. We will provide paper copies at the concession stand with a drawing later in the evening for a CD prize to improve response rate. We are also hoping for an 80% positive response on attitudes toward traditional music. We also use anecdotal comments to gauge satisfaction and interest.
We have this small jewel of an outdoor festival but are not yet able to convey that to enough people to continue it in the present format. Attendance was about the same at 150 despite the increase in advertising expense. Our reach is about a 60-mile radiu
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