Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Portable stage, dressing room renovation, professional grade stage makeup
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; Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; 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; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; 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; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; 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; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Mark Brodin, theater, film, music; Cheri Buzzeo, theater, SMAC board; Brett Lehman, music; Paula Nemes, theater, music; Janet Olney, visual art, arts admin; Eric Parrish, music, theater; Mark Wilmes, theater, music, SMAC board
ACHF Arts Access
The portable stage will allow live performances to be brought to wherever there is a need and the transformation of any space, whether indoor or outdoor, into a theater. It also allows the unlimited choice of scripts regardless of the stage set up. The stage makeup will allow the actors to help create and perfect their characters, in turn increasing the enjoyment and interest of the audience. Being able to assign high quality theater make-up and accessories to each individual actor will create ownership and a feeling of safety and security. Carpeting the dressing room will create an environment more conducive to creativity by dampening the echo and improving the warmth of the room, encouraging more time spent together, fostering better relationships and a better sense of ?family'. The overall experience of the actors, crew and audiences are always our top priority. We are constantly engaging with them to get their feedback and ideas to constantly improve. We will continue to request feedback to gauge their satisfaction with our improvements. Also, the number of performances we are able to put on outside of the Greater Round Lake Center will be an indicator of success of the portable stage.
We've received a positive response from our audience and percussionists. The new equipment has saved our band director and percussionists from hauling a number of borrowed instruments. To rehearsal and concerts. The new mallets make our mallet instruments (such as the xylophone) sound better, and the conga drums and bongos allow a more authentic sound for our more rhythmic pieces. Having the new percussion instruments allows our directors to expand our repertoire possibilities. The new storage rack will certainly increase the lifespan of many of our drums. Our new speakers weigh half as much as our old ones and our repaired music stand racks are easier and safer to move.