Art Project
Art Project
Dassel Art Tour
Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Lauren Carlson: poetry, film, COMPAS roster artist, Dept. of Public Transformation board; Carisa Clarke: graphic design/web development, arts volunteer, board member DAC of Murray County; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Greg Jodzio: photography/design, Hutchinson Center for the Arts board, Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; 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; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; 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; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Louella Voigt: music, fiber art; Blue Mound Area Theatre board; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Kathy Fransen, music; Mary Kay Frisvold, music; Beth Habicht, music; Anna Johannsen, visual art, education, SMAC Board; Joyce Meyer, visual art, education; Kaia Nowatzki, visual art, music, theater; Jessica Welu, writing.
ACHF Arts Access
1: " Regional residents experience increased access to the arts via a reduction in geographic, cultural and/or physical barriers." Geographic access will be expanded for attendees via more locations; artists will be available at all venues. Physical accessibility is improved at several locations this year, and handicap accessibility is indicated on the map. Attendees will have an improved cultural access with involvement in the youth exhibit and are able to create their own artistic experience with the photo booth. 2: "Regional residents experience a change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition due to public art, arts festivals or arts events." Attendees will learn about different art mediums by speaking to artists and viewing their work. Attendees may appreciate the diversity of local artists. 5: "Regional artists connect to new audiences and/or build relationships that provide artistic growth." Artists can connect to new audiences due to the widespread advertising across several towns/cities/Facebook/website. Artists are available to interact face-to-face with new customers for six hours during the event. 1: Passports, where visitors indicate the different locations they visited and answered survey questions, will be gathered. Sticky note feedback from the committee for youth artists will be gathered. Reasons why people love art and the art tour (solicited at the photo booth) will be collected. 2: Information will be gathered with the Passport questions and artist survey. Passport survey should result in 75% positive feedback. 5: Information from the Artist Survey will be evaluated. Questions on the survey will allow artists to share any growth and new connections. Survey will ask if artists plan to return the following year. An artist survey (completed at the end of the Tour) and visitor "Passports" will be evaluated. The "Passport" is a postcard-sized print with the locations on one side and survey questions on the other. Visitors can gather stamps from all locations and can be entered into a drawing for artwork. All cards will be collected for survey results. The questions are included in survey document. It will be designed and printed with the other printed materials.
Our community was incredibly grateful that we could accomplish this event again. We had great turn out this year, excellent volunteer help, and great accumulation of local data. We had eight new artists, two new locations and the student art show, which all brought fresh eyes from our community. We had improved sales for our artists, with half of them reporting ten or more sales. A majority of artists reported the fair as "excellent" and all but 1 said they would return next year. We had noticeably more children and parents attend then previous years. We expanded access to the arts, educated and connected community members to the arts, and connected artists.
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