Art Project
Art Project
Missoula Children's Theater: Betty Lou and the Country Beast
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; 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; 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; Kylie Rieke: ceramics, murals, music, theater, T-Bird Community Arts Board; 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; 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;
Cheri Buzzeo, theater; Beth Habicht, music; Anna Johannsen, visual art, education, SMAC board; Brett Lehman, music; Melanie Loy, music; Michael Van Keulen, theater.
ACHF Arts Access
For many of last year's participants, "Little Red Riding Hood" was their first experience with a full-fledged theater production. Many expressed an intense desire to continue participating in theater. Other families and children, after coming to see last year's production, also wish to participate in future events. Along with the incredible community attendance at the performances, this indicates a craving for a larger arts and theater presence within our community, which this program takes a step toward providing. This summer's program will give the children of our community the opportunity to expand their skills as they sing, act, and perform, all the while building their self confidence, working together as a team, and persevering to produce two live community performances of a musical. Going forward, the Friends of the Edgerton Library Board will again create a Google survey to assess the value the production provided. This 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 and newspaper (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.
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