Art Project
Art Project
The Link: Connecting Art and Healing
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;
Mary Kay Frisvold, music, theater; Beth Habicht, music, education; Darlene Kotelnicki, theater, SMAC board; Janet Olney, visual art, arts admin; Tammy Makram, arts admin, theater; Valerie Quist, writing, libraries; Gillian Singler, writing, education, SMAC board; John Voit, music, theater, education.
ACHF Arts Access
From this project, we feel MHS can promote local artists, offer the healing benefits of art to our patients and residents, and provide a meaningful art experience in rural Minnesota. Currently the link is just a passage, but we feel once this project is complete, we can consider the link an exciting destination and experience. By encouraging local individuals to apply, we want to give them the opportunity and confidence to know they have a skill that has merit. We want this project to impact the artists' creative journeys, and we hope that other local businesses and organizations will follow MHS's footsteps in this project by supporting and promoting the arts. One way we plan to measure success is by the conversations this project generates. Do we hear of patients and residents requesting to go to the link? Are staff actively offering this service to the patients and residents as part of their care or as an additional intervention? We plan to have a survey for MHS staff to fill out in regard to the link and how it has affected patients and residents. Approximately six months after the open house, we will have the artists fill out a survey explaining how the Link Project has affected them and their artistic growth.