Art Project
Art Project
IFTIIN Dhanto Project.
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 Cultural Heritage
Our goal is to instill this art form into the community and public life in our region. Our goals are that the dancers will be able to perform the new dances they have learned for the community, and after the project is over, they will be able to teach younger students how to do the new dance styles they have learned. At the beginning of the project we will survey the dance group members about what dance styles they know. At the end we will give them the same survey to see if they feel they know additional styles. We will also do a group reflection at the end of the project to ask students what they learned from the Somali Museum Dancers, what they liked about the process, and what they feel like we could improve next time, and whether they would feel confident to teach others in the future. This is something we already do after each program.
The students learned 3 new dances, and relearned one that they already knew so they could do it correctly. They are now confident to teach others and perform when they are able to.
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