Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Chainsaw Carver/Subtractive Sculpture 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, 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; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; 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; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Deb Ahmann: literature, theatre, education; Mary Kay Frisvold: music; Denise Hepola: music, education; Jan Loft: education; Janet Olney: visual art, SMAC Board; Emily Petersen: visual art, education, SMAC Board; John White: visual art, writing, SMAC Board.
ACHF Arts Education
Our goal is to make the arts accessible to learners of all ages. We have a deep love and respect for the arts and would like to increase the focus on the arts in our school as well as in our community. We'd also like to make our arts festival an annual event, strengthening both our school's quality in arts education as well as Hutchinson's reputation as an artistic center in rural Minnesota. For this e-term, we would like our students to be able to plan and execute their own subtractive sculpture. For the festival, our goal is to reach as many community members as possible. We would like to have at least three hundred attendees as well as make five new significant connections in the community. We will have surveys with the following questions available at the festival: Will you come to our festival again next year? What kind of art would you like to see demonstrated? Has your awareness of New Century Academy and/or Hutchinson Center for the Arts changed? Has your perception of art changed as a result of this festival? Would you like to be involved with New Century and/or Hutchinson Center for the Arts? What kind of expertise could you share with our students and our community?
Unfortunately, due to the rain, the survey was not utilized successfully. I did, however, speak directly with every person who attended and there is a good amount of interest for next year as well as a discussion for greater community projects going forward.
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