Art Project
Art Project
Coming Home.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women’s Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Scott Wessels: theater actor, director, writing, media, communications, board member for Green Earth Players; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Kathy Fransen: music, arts administration; Jeff Iverson: music, theater, education; Janet Olney: visual art, arts administration, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Teresa Peterson: writing; Don Sherman: visual art; John White: visual art, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Tom Wirt: visual art, arts administration.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access
The goal of this project is to present a high-quality arts activity to our community. We further wish to recognize the achievements of individuals whose careers began and were nurtured by local musicians and educators. We hope to offer local people the opportunity to enjoy the musical accomplishments of individuals known to them and we hope to inspire youth to pursue their artistic dreams. We plan to use electronic media in our evaluation. We will encourage individuals to post-a picture on a Social Media platform with a comment about the concert. If they bring their device to the concession booth, show us the post, they will get a free popcorn. We will tabulate the comments for an assessment of the impact of the concert. We will also create a Survey Monkey questionnaire for people to fill out about their concert experience as well. If they complete the questionnaire and submit their email address to us, we will send them a coupon for a free popcorn. We will demo the on-line evaluation in the lobby following the concert for attendees not familiar with the Survey Monkey program and also invite attendees to stop at the box office to complete the survey if they struggle with doing so on their own.
The young people all said that they felt that becoming a musician was a viable career for them and that this event had inspired them to continue studying music. The adults we interviewed enjoyed the show and felt that the money they had spent to attend was money well spent in the community. They also found great satisfaction in seeing individuals they had known as children, now performing as professionals.
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