Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Art Workshop Room Heating.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women’s Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University 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; Scott Wessels: theater actor, director, writing, media, communications, board member for Green Earth Players; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, 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.
Luanne Fondell: arts administration; JoAnne Fraunfelder: arts administration; Maureen Keimig: theater; Brett Lehman: music, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Paula Nemes: theater, music; Michele Knife Sterner: theater, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Louella Voigt: arts administration; Tom Wirt: visual art, arts administration.
ACHF Arts Access
Creating a comfortable art workshop space at the Cultural Centre will achieve a number of the five Main Goals' of Minnesota arts funding: 1. Supporting artists and arts organizations in creating, producing and presenting high- quality arts activities, and 4. Supporting high-quality, age-appropriate arts education for residents of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and understanding of the arts. Goal 1: To create a functional art 12’ x 41’ workshop space for ongoing Youthful Art and Open Art Studio and future applied art programs at the Cultural Centre with twelve feet of 5-shelf high storage shelving. Goal 2: To utilize the new functional art workshop space at least twice weekly with at least five adult participants in Open Art Studio and ten children in Youthful Art Class. Goal 1: The goal will be achieved when the 36 feet of Hot Water Baseboard is installed in the North Office/Storage Room and the four shelf storage units are assembled and installed per the Art Workshop Space Diagram. Goal 2: The goal will be achieved if at least five adult participants and ten children utilized the new Art Workshop space weekly. A participant attendance log will be completed each time the Art Workshop is used.
Thirty-six feet of hot water baseboard was installed in the north office/storage room. Eight 5-shelf storage units were purchased, assembled and installed. The additional heated work space has increased the flexibility and efficiency of the Centre's floor space. Prior to heating the north workshop room, all art activities were done in the gallery area which is carpeted and required having tarps put down to protect the carpet from paint and other art work supplies. The tarps and work tables had to be assembled and disassembled for each activity. Having the newly heated Art Workshop Room eliminated the extra work and allowed for art projects to be left in place to dry as needed. The children in the one art class held thus far appeared to enjoy being in an "art painting work space" with easels, art piece examples, shelves of supplies, etc. visible in the setting they were working in.
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