Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Plein Air Art Field Trip
Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; 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; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; 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. Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Louella Voigt: music, fiber art; Blue Mound Area Theatre board; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Janine Teske: music, theater, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley school board; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Agnes Alsgaard Lien, visual art, education; Cindy Demers, visual art, education; Georgette Jones, theater, education, SMAC Board; Stephen Kingsbury, music, education; Shawn Kinsinger, Theater, SMAC Board; Andrew Nordin, visual art, education; Janine Teske, music, theater, SMAC Board.
ACHF Arts Education
The plein air experience for children of this age inspires confidence, self discipline, focus and an interpretation of the natural world around them onto paper in their own artist way. We hope the students will achieve a level of mastery in their sketchbook during the day and to carry this outdoor experience on to continue to work in their sketchbooks for daily practice and exploration of their artistic skills. Before the field trip students will be given a week to complete five drawings, one drawing per day, and see how many students go outside to draw. Upon completion of the field trip, students will be given another week to complete one drawing per day, and these drawings will be evaluated to see how many students continued to draw outside in relation to their first five drawings. The goal will be achieved if there is an increase by one plein air drawing in their sketchbook for the five drawings following the field trip. A second interesting statistic will be to determine the percentage of students that achieved the outcome desired.