Arts Legacy Project Planning
Arts Legacy Project Planning
Slayton Community Mural.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women’s Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Scott Wessels: theater actor, director, writing, media, communications, board member for Green Earth Players; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
ACHF Arts Access
Our planning project has three goals: 1) Gather input via survey and face to face methods reaching representative parts of the community with a minimum of 350 completed surveys to determine what residents want to see in a community mural. 2) Insure that youth are included in the planning process by working with Murray County Central arts students to seek input on both vision and design. 3) Identify qualified mural artists, request proposals, interview two to three artists and select the most appropriate artist. Goal 1) By using Survey Monkey, we will be able to track the number of surveys completed online and generate a report. Murray County Central students will be asked to input paper copy surveys obtained through the newspaper and in physical locations thus adding to the overall total. Comments will be recorded at the face to face methods focus groups, community coffee and social hour. We will be able to use the Survey Monkey tabulated results in combination with comments to produce a summary of input for the request for proposals. Goal 2) Artistic Director Chad Reker will work with selected students and document their ideas for vision and design. Chad will have their artistic work as part of his class requirements. Goal 3) By posting the request for proposals in places where qualified artists can access it, we will know our goal is met by the number of request for proposals we receive. Our Artistic Director will make the selection of two to three artists for a site visit and submission as outlined on our timeline. We will know we have met this goal by a commitment from a qualified artist.
Goal #1: Even though we did not meet the goal of the 350 completed surveys, we gathered the information necessary to proceed with the next steps of the process. Goal #2: The art director worked with the art students to visualize what they felt would represent Slayton. Drawings were shared with the artist, and one piece was used. Goal #3: The group discussion to review the artists and narrow down to three was an educational experience, and we appreciated that an Artistic Director was required. Once we got to the interview process, we were amazed by the professionalism, and the questions they asked of the committee.
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