Art Project
Art Project
Production of Little Red Riding Hood via Missoula Children's Theater
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Justin Beck, chair of Hutchinson Public Arts Commission, president of Hutchinson Center for the Arts, photography, music; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; 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. 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; 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; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Cheryl Avenel-Navara, arts admin, SMAC board; Mark Bosveld, theater; Beth Habicht music; Janet Olney, visual art, arts admin; Valerie Quist, writing; Sheila Tabaka, theater
ACHF Arts Access
Our community does not have any community theater or children's theater, so this will be one small step in filling the artistic void in our town. The Friends of the Edgerton Public Library board is committed to literacy and all things related to expanding the humanities and arts in our community, and we are excited to bring Missoula Children's Theater to town. We expect this theater residency week will be the first full fledged theater production for many of our area youth and will provide them with opportunities to sing, act, and perform, building self confidence and theater skills as well as team work and perseverance as they work to produce a musical adaptation of "Little Red Riding Hood" for two live community performances. After the production of "Little Red Riding Hood," the Friends of the Edgerton Library Board will create a Google survey to assess the value the production provided the community. The survey will be sent to participating families as well as to community members who attended the performance via an email (participating families), a link on the program (audience members), and on social media (all community members). These surveys will include questions which attempt to gauge participants' skills gained and the community's level of appreciation and support for local children's theater. These surveys will help determine if our goals for the project have been met and when future productions will occur.
Glitch Art is Dead 2022, the third iteration of this roving art exhibit was a full success. 3 artists from Europe visited Granite Falls as well as about 15 artists from around the United States. Between the exhibit opening night and the workshops about 100 people viewed the exhibit or interacted with the installations or classes. The workshops featured top artists from around the world, respected academics in the field of New Media and local music and video performers. Impact was determined by in-person attendance to the opening night exhibition and the workshops, and by that measure we did fairly well. .
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