Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Ross Sutter Dulcimer Residency.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, South Dakota Arts Educators Association, Southwest Minnesota Weaver's Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre actor, SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: writer, visual artist, director, adjunct English instructor SMSU; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Reggie Gorter: vocalist, theatre, voice, dance teacher; Dana Conroy: producer, filmmaker; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Mary Kay Frisvold: Music; Tamara Isfeld: Visual Art, Education; Candace Joens: Music, Theatre; Cindy Demers: Visual, Education; Brett Lehman: SMAC Board; Joyce Meyer: SMAC Board; David KelseyBassett: SMAC Board.
ACHF Arts Education
1. Students will be able to follow written and spoken directions and successfully build a dulcimer. 2. Students will produce dulcimers that work and sound accurately. 3. Students will be able to play simple melodies together with others on a simple one-stringed dulcimer. 4. Students will be able to play simple harmonies and accompaniments to melodies. 5. Students will perform with their dulcimer at the spring concert. Students will be observed to be sure they are meeting goals 1-4. Goal #5 will be assessed by attendance at the concert.
The success of the program was based primarily on whether students could play the dulcimers appropriately at the end of the program. I observed students individually to see that they could play the three songs we prepared for the concert. The students had a successful concert performance. A more subjective evaluation of the program is that students truly seem joyful when they are participating in the activities with Mr. Sutter and their dulcimers.