Art Project
Art Project
Sunburg Heritage Arts Initiative
Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; 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; 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; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board. Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; 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; Janine Teske: music, theater, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley school board; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Cheri Buzzeo, theater, SMAC Board; John Ginocchio, music, education; Beth Habicht, music; Joyce Meyer, visual art, education; Alison Nelson, music, dance, theater, education, SMAC Board; Ron Porep, arts admin, folk/traditional arts; Sheila Tabaka, theater, education.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Cultural Heritage
People will be able to try playing fiddle, participating in community singing, creating Hardanger lace, and doing rosemaling for the first time. Participants will learn new skills and tunes. Participants will build connections with Norwegian and other cultures through fiddling, Rosemaling or Hardanger embroidery. Participants will build personal connections with traditional American music through community sing-a-longs. We will tabulate how many workshop participants are new to the art forms, aiming for ten playing fiddle, ten creating Hardanger, seven trying rosemaling, and twenty trying community singing. In their evaluation forms, 80% of workshop participants will identify one or more new skills learned. We will look for people's confidence in having learned new songs or identify fiddle tunes, hoping for positive responses from 50%-70% of participants. We will also look for participants identifying how the handcrafts help them identify with Norwegian culture, hoping for positive responses from 70% of participants.
Not only were our goals and outcomes met, but there is considerable interest continuing the activities. Overall, participants made connections with Norwegian and other cultures. 46 people participated in the fiddle program, learning basic music concepts and fiddle techniques. All fiddlers learned Halsa dem dar Hemma, a traditional Scandinavian waltz reflecting immigrant experiences. 12 people tried hardanger embroidery, learning about materials, reading a pattern, basic Kloster block, four-sided stich embroidery, and cutting; and 17 tried rosemaling, learning basic brush strokes and line drawing, how to prep wood, mixing colors, etc. Over 100 people participated in community sing-a-longs, which provided exposure to a variety of music, including traditional patriotic, Bluegrass gospel, and holiday songs.
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