Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Equipment and Facilities Improvement
YES! House Community Recording Studio.
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
Of the five main goals of Minnesota arts funding, our Community Recording Studio specifically addresses two project goals: - Supporting artists and arts organizations in creating, producing and presenting high-quality arts activities. - Supporting high-quality, age-appropriate arts education for residents of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and understanding of the arts. Based on these goals, the changes that we expect to come from this project are that: - More musicians in Southwest Minnesota have high quality recordings of their music that they can use to book more performances and sell more merchandise; - More individuals have an increased understanding of how to record, mix and master their own music and / or podcasts;- More women are interested in and have an increased understanding of audio recording; - More Dakota, folk / traditional, and world music is recorded and shared in our region; - We meet the need for a high-quality, affordable recording studio, with training on how to use it, in our region; - Department of Public Transformation and the YES! House are known throughout the region as a resource for musicians and audio engineers. Each of these areas are deeply considered in the development and outreach of this project and will be measured using our evaluation plan and tool. To ensure that we are meeting our goals, we will conduct written surveys at each of our events and following any recording studio sessions. During our events, we will also conduct qualitative and participatory research that is designed specifically for each event (ie. 1:1 interview with artists participating; six-word story of your experience today; put a penny in the jar that represents how you felt today went for you, etc.). These survey and experiential results will be compiled and included in the final evaluation report, tangibly measuring the impact of the YES! House Community Recording Studio on our region. We will also continue to work with our long-term evaluator, Metris Arts, to ensure that our measurement tools and reports are best serving our programs.
Although the recording studio is not yet finished, we can report that more women are interested in audio recording and engineering as a result of promoting this project. We have also been able to serve as a connecting resource throughout the region for musicians. COVID-19 significantly impacted our ability to meet our fundraising and construction timelines, as well as complete our planned in-person programming; however, we have begun to build relationships that will enable us to make progress toward our stated goals in the next few years as we complete construction on the recording studio. We have purchased the items that we articulated in the original budget (except for the computer software) and are ready with audio engineering consultants, who have agreed to volunteer their time to support the set-up of the studio, when the time comes.
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