Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Sutter Dulcimer Residency
Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Carisa Clarke: graphic design/web development, arts volunteer, board member DAC of Murray County; Greg Jodzio: photography/design, Hutchinson Center for the Arts board, Hutchinson Public Arts 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; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker; 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; 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; John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Justin Condelli, music, education; Cindy Demers, visual art, education; Mary Kay Frisvold, music, theater; Brett Lehman, music, SMAC Board; Joyce Meyer, visual art, education; Michele Knife Sterner, theater, SMAC Board; Sheila Tabaka, theater, education
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Education
Outcome #8: "Regional residents [students] learn new arts skills and techniques. " Students will build their own one stringed dulcimer by following step-by-step directions. Students will be able to play a variety of songs solo and with a group in a performance on their dulcimer. Students will be able to explain how pitch changes with the length of the dulcimer string. Students will be able to identify the measurements of the distance between frets, etc. on a dulcimer. Students will create a video journal to document their dulcimer building. Students will each complete Dulcimer Measurements worksheet. Students will perform as a group and in small groups at the end of the week to demonstrate their mastery of the dulcimer. Students will work in small groups to create a video journal about the constructing of the dulcimer and about sharing their new skills at the end of the residency. These video journals can be shared with students, parents; and the teachers can share the video journals with administration and school board members.
Students completed the Dulcimer Measurements worksheet. Students performed as a group and in small groups at the end of the week to demonstrate their mastery of the dulcimer. Students worked in small groups to create a video journal about the constructing of the dulcimer and about sharing their new skills at the end of the residency. These video journals were shared with students, parents; and the teachers shared the video journals with administration and school board members. We were not able to have a final performance with the community and the seniors at our Care Center.