Art Project
Art Project
Dinehart Holt House 2023 Front Porch Music Series
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
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access
This project seeks to provide a unique historic venue for local musicians who wish to build a greater community appreciation for live acoustic music. This set of free concerts seeks to make connections with our under-served population who may have little or no experience with the historical museum or with live music thereby increasing possible patronage of the museum in the future. There are few other local opportunities to enjoy live music, so this event will provide the residents of our area a unique opportunity to explore and engage with different genres of acoustic music. Attendees will indicate a new appreciation and appetite for acoustic music through survey questions responses. Attendees will indicate a positive response to the musical programs through survey questions and in their return attendance to subsequent concerts. People new to the museum will attend the concerts and come back to the museum at a later date to tour, volunteer, or become members. Artists will provide positive feedback on their participation with feelings of connection with the audiences and venue.
Our outcome for this project was to host an event that provided free music at a unique historic venue. The musical variety provided by the concert performers allowed for different music tastes to be enjoyed at the concerts while also exposing different ge