Art Project
Art Project
Scrooge! The Musical
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; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; 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;
Cat Abbott, visual art; Cheri Buzzeo, theater, SMAC Board; Ashlyn Cox, visual art; Dani Prados, multidiscipline; Beth Habicht, music; Anna Johannsen, visual art, SMAC Board; Paula Nemes, theater, music
ACHF Arts Access
This project meets a community need for group singing. Singing is a physical expression of the inner spirit and when done with others it becomes a unifying, uplifting, transcending experience. My hope is that this story will bring the excluded groups of our community together, those whose lives would have never mingled otherwise. I also believe we will have a high quality production, unique and creative. My hope is that the actors will grow in musicality and leave rehearsals filled with the joy of music. As of late, I've really been putting value on anecdotal feedback. I like to know and hear the personal experience someone had by participating or attending. A personal testimony delivers a lasting impression. At our latest production, we included a QR code in the program which took surveyors to a short questionnaire. I'd like to try this again and improve it based off our last experience with this evaluation tool.
We offered classes at the local library for high school and upper elementary/middle school students. Boys and girls group homes and an area mentor group took advantage of many of the workshops, which exposed many youth to new art techniques. We were satisfied with the outcome as we had most of our Spring Paper Event filled (a contrast to previous years) and offered a follow up workshop to the original paper making workshop. I think the Mandala drawings were particularity beneficial to the out of home placement teens and youth, with behavior challenges, found a zen kind of experience while working on their drawings.
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