Arts Access Grant (A)
Arts Access Grant (A)
Funds will assist Northern Light Opera Company to host a second season of the Workbench New Play Workshop, a 7-day workshop, led a duo of professional playwrights to teach a group of community-based writers to create their own original plays.
Gayle Gish, arts advocate; Pam Janssen, visual artist and woodcarver; C.T. Marhula, arts advocate; Shannon Lucas Westrum, fiber and jewelry artist; Anna Larson, arts appreciator; Katelyn Larson, theater artist; Mike Schlemper, writer, sculptor, ceramicist, and arts educator;
Gayle Gish, R2AC board chair and arts advocate; Pam Janssen, R2AC board member, visual artist, and woodcarver; Shannon Lucas Westrum, R2AC board member, fiber and jewelry artist; Becky Colebank, visual artist and author; Dee Jay Arens, author, playwright, and theater artist; Alice Blessing, studio arts professor at BSU and visual artist; Natalie Grosfield, theater artist; Katie Carter, Area Voices producer for KAXE radio and writer; Deedee Narum, visual artist;
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
As a result of this program, playwright participants will experience an increased facility in the craft dramatic writing through the development of greater confidence, self-expression and understanding of dramatic structure. Evaluation methods include online surveys and person al interviews administered post-workshop to measure the increase of writing facility in the participants of this workshop. Personal accounts will also be valued as playwriting is deeply personal experience that requires a level of courage and risk.