Artist in Residence Grant
Artist in Residence Grant
The Ketan Kulkarni Residency; How To Play In Bands Workshop Series
Gretchen Boulka: Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Buddy King: Vice Chair, St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, community youth arts initiatives; Louis Witt, Treasurer: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children; Tom Berger, Secretary: Small Business Owner, AAA Courier Express, Waite Park; Producer, Production Manager, Designer with Belville Productions; Served in many capacities for the History Theatre in St. Paul including Managing Director, Educational Project Director, Tour Director, Production Manager, Designer; University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts, Classics, Geology; Deb Vander Eyk: visual artist, B.S. Arts Education, B.A. in Sociology/Research and an AA Degree in Advertising with a background in K-12 Art Education, community involvement research, nonprofit fundraising and programing; Eric Ellwoods: facilities manager, BA in Christian Ministry, history of involvement in choirs and community theater, member of Buffalo Community Theater board of directors.; Hans Lammeman: Assistant News Editor for Star Publications; columnist, lead reporter, and award-winning journalist for Benton County News; contributing writer for Sauk Rapids Herald and Benton Ag with a focus on human interest stories and community government coverage. BS in Sociology, University of Houston; Pat Thompson: Moorhead State University, BA in theater, Second City, Chicago, UND School of Law, Grand Forks, involved in numerous theater, workshops and performances, previous volunteer for GREAT Theatre Board of Directors, LaSemana Volunteer, St. Cloud District 742 Advisory Board, Career Solution Board of Directors; Abigail Nelson-Davis: visual artist, BA in Education, trauma informed children's advocate, involved in DEI committee, past educator in Taiwan.
Gretchen Boulka: Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Louis Witt, Treasurer: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children; Tom Berger, Secretary: Small Business Owner, AAA Courier Express, Waite Park; Producer, Production Manager, Designer with Belville Productions; Served in many capacities for the History Theatre in St. Paul including Managing Director, Educational Project Director, Tour Director, Production Manager, Designer; University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts, Classics, Geology; Deb Vander Eyk: visual artist, B.S. Arts Education, B.A. in Sociology/Research and an AA Degree in Advertising with a background in K-12 Art Education, community involvement research, nonprofit fundraising and programing; Eric Ellwoods: facilities manager, BA in Christian Ministry, history of involvement in choirs and community theater, member of Buffalo Community Theater board of directors.; Hans Lammeman: Assistant News Editor for Star Publications; columnist, lead reporter, and award-winning journalist for Benton County News; contributing writer for Sauk Rapids Herald and Benton Ag with a focus on human interest stories and community government coverage. BS in Sociology, University of Houston; Pat Thompson: Moorhead State University, BA in theater, Second City, Chicago, UND School of Law, Grand Forks, involved in numerous theater, workshops and performances, previous volunteer for GREAT Theatre Board of Directors, LaSemana Volunteer, St. Cloud District 742 Advisory Board, Career Solution Board of Directors; Abigail Nelson-Davis: visual artist, BA in Education, trauma informed children's advocate, involved in DEI committee, past educator in Taiwan.
Central Minnesota Arts Board, Leslie LeCuyer (320) 968-4290x 3
ACHF Arts Access
Students will learn listening, team building, and non-verbal communication skills needed to collaborate with bandmates, as well as the proper attitude needed to create music as a group. The Ketan Kulkarni Residency WorkShop Series success will be evaluated by Open Mic and public performances at the end of the course, the entire project covered via photography/video, and whether the students elect to continue playing together once the residency concludes.
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