Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Singing On The Trail.
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
The first goal will be a week-long residency by a well-known and respected singer song writer Charlie Maguire who will create a "Singing on the Trail" experience for Dassel Elementary. The second goal is an opportunity to provide an added curriculum experience that the school budget does not include. The staff can collaborate with music, art and phy ed as the theme for the week is "Singing on the Trail." The third goal will be to challenge elementary students to see the world in a new way and then express that world in music. Teachers and students will fill out evaluations. The staff and students at Dassel Elementary would be grateful for this experience, expressed by writing thank you letters to Charlie. Public awareness of the trail in our community will be an outcome by the publicity in the local paper and using the students' work on the school website.
100% of the students positively responded to the goals of the outcome (music is for everyone) and can happen by working together. The environment, exercise, "our" trail and community effort are all a part of our school and town called Dassel. There is no doubt the students will remember this experience.