Arts and Cultural Heritage
Arts and Cultural Heritage
The Northfield Experience at the Northfield Arts Guild
Kjel Alkire: art faculty at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; John Becker: art business owner; Diane Crane: visual artist; Hal Cropp: Executive Director of Commonweal Theatre; Daved Driscoll: Executive Director of Northland Words; Julie Fakler: Director of Operations at Paradise Center for the Arts; Lee Gundersheimer: theatre artist and director; Connie Nelson: music educator; Jane Olive: costumer; Steve Schmidt: musician, arts administrator.
Scott Anderson: musician; Andrea Gaffke: artist; Judy Hickey: arts administrator; Susan Joyce: author; David Kassler: composer; Marie Maher: arts administrator; Carter Martin: theatre artist; Beth Nienow: literary artist; Kathleen Peterson: playwright; Mary Ruth: visual artist; Jon Swanson: arts administrator.
ACHF Arts Access
1. Grow artists' and communities' awareness and skills in producing large-scale, site-specific art. 2. Attract visitors to Northfield and reinforce its appeal as an arts destination through a high-quality, unique event. Methods include: 1. Data collection (attendance, number of events, revenue, zip-code data from ticket buyers, etc.); 2. Observed behavior change in artists and audience; 3. Surveys (students-online; audience-onsite); 4. Story collection via social media.
We projected that the projected would enjoy strong community support/engagement - and we achieved this by providing a great artistic challenge to 10 artists, engaged 650 visitors in our gallery, and collaborated city-wide.