Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Edgerton Ellsworth Dulcimer Project.
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; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; 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, education; Mary Kay Frisvold: music; Lisa Hill: music, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Candace Joens: music, theater; Joyce Meyer: visual art, education, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Dana Miller: literature, education; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: visual art, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board.
ACHF Arts Education
Our program goals support goals four and five of the Arts Main Goals. Our program goals are as follows: 1. Each Edgerton 4th and 5th grader will build his or her own dulcimer. 2. Each Edgerton 4th and 5th will learn how to play his or her own dulcimer. 3. The Edgerton 4th and 5th grade classes will perform on their dulcimers at a concert. 4. The Edgerton 4th and 5th grade classes will learn more about Scandinavian music. 5. The Edgerton 4th and 5th grade classes will collaborate with the Ellsworth 4th and 5th grade classes playing the dulcimer and learning about Scandinavian music. We will take photographs and video as well as gather anecdotal evidence from students. Students will also be surveyed at the end of the project to determine the success of the project.
Each Edgerton 4th and 5th grader built their own dulcimer and learned how to play it. They learned more about Scandinavian music, performed on their dulcimers at a concert, and collaborated with Elssword 4th and 5th graders.