Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Wireless Microphones.
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.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access
Our goal is: "To Hear and Be Heard". Fitting in with the state goals of arts funding, we are: Supporting artists and arts organizations in creating, producing and presenting high-quality arts activities and Overcoming barriers to accessing high-quality arts activities. Specifically, we intend to amplify complex stage productions, allowing the artistic dynamics of the production to be conveyed to the audience and allowing the audience to fully understand and appreciate the artistic expressions being conveyed. As stated earlier, the immediacy of this project is the change in Federal Communications regulations. Our expectation for the project is to maintain our current high quality of production, in compliance with legal regulations. 1. The purchased mikes will interface with our existing technology to amplify artistic endeavors on our stage. This will be measured by our project director as successful when all twelve new mikes are installed, programmed and functioning. 2. Audience members will be able to hear and understand productions. This will be measured through anecdotal interviews with at least twenty patrons over four fall productions about their ability to clearly understand the dialogue from the stage. The patrons queried will be from divergent locations throughout the theater. Their selection will be made through data from our seating charts. We will try to make it a fun evaluative exchange, with the primary question of "Can you hear me now?"
There were six productions from September through December that used the mic system. The first three worked well, but during the fourth production the antenna distribution unit failed. There were numerous and significant complaints from the audience about not being able to hear. The problem was resolved for our last two productions, and the audience was again happy. This underscores the necessity for the amplification system and the benefit it provides to our audience on a regular basis. We knew our microphone installation was a success after numerous comments for the performance of "Marlene and Darlene present the Nutcracker," attended by many senior citizens. The overwhelming sentiment was one of how the dialogue was clear and easy to understand which was made possible by the theater's sound system and new wireless microphones.
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