Art Project
Art Project
Meander 2023
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; 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
Luwaina Al-Otaibi, arts programming; Justin Beck, visual art, SMAC board; Stephen Kingsbury, music; Joyce Meyer, visual art; Eric Parrish, music, theater; Valerie Quist, writing; Gillian Singler, writing, SMAC board
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage
The Meander supports a wide group of emerging and established artists learning from each other. This happens not only during the event and its preparation. The Meander also helps the stability and development of the local arts community by helping us to collectively market to a public radio audience, by having a magnified web presence, and by learning the secrets of successful marketing. We also believe that the Meander integrates art into the everyday lives and consciousness in the southwest region as people and businesses prepare and participate in the event every year. It acts as an annual reminder of the arts, and the role the arts play in community development and growth. Additionally, the Meander invites the outside community into our area to travel around it. Each year, we encourage Meander event-goers to fill out our "passport" survey. This is a great tool to gather information on where each person comes from, how they heard of the event, how much money they spent on art as well as other things in the area (gas, lodging, food,), the quality of the event, and more. We'd love to see an increase in numbers and amount spent on art, although we are happy to keep the numbers similar to the past.
Over 40 artists participated. Artists reported being visited by an average of 381 customers and selling an average of $2,895. Total reported art sales for the weekend were $124,506. 78% of customers said the quality of the art was excellent. 82% of custom
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