Equipment and Facilities
Equipment and Facilities
Stage and Lights Upgrades
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; Maggie Fuller: visual art, writing; 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; 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; Erin Kline, visual art, music, writing, education, SMSU Diversity and Inclusion; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board; Kylie Rieke: ceramics, murals, music, theater, T-Bird Community Arts Board; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; Mark Wilmes: Tyler Arts Council board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Cheryl Avenel-Navara, arts admin, SMAC board; Anna Johannsen, visual art, education, SMAC board; Tammy Makram, theatre, arts admin; Paula Nemes, theatre, music; Eric Parrish, music, theatre, education; Sheila Tabaka, theatre, education.
ACHF Arts Access
We will be more prepared and able to assist artists in reaching their goals and vision and able to dedicate more time to accommodating patrons and visitors. As we've progressed we've learned specific areas of our production process where upgrades would lessen the burden on volunteers and staff, making more efficient use of our time and energy while increasing seating capacity for our patrons. Having less steps to take to complete event setup will increase the ease in which we prep the space, giving volunteers more confidence in their ability to setup the stage and prepare the house. The success of the proposed improvements to our space will become apparent as volunteerism increases (tracked hours and growing volunteer roster list), production and tech setup time will decrease and artist creative depth increases or improves in quality. We hope to see an increase in tickets sold and artist demand for theater usage as a result.
In the months since the recessed boxes installation setup and tech sessions have been noticeably more efficient and greater ease of use of the facility. We have experienced quicker sound checks, less scrambling to extend audio and power cables and much le