Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Equipment and Facilities Improvement
Rebuild Stage Thrust
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Justin Beck, chair of Hutchinson Public Arts Commission, president of Hutchinson Center for the Arts, photography, music; 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. Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; 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; 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
Maureen Keimig, theater; Steve Linstrom, writing, nonprofits; Tammy Makram, arts admin; Kristine Shelstad, visual art, SMAC board; Sheila Tabaka, theater, education; Mark Wilmes, theater, music, SMAC board
ACHF Arts Access
The main goal is to build a code compliant, safe and acoustically upgraded stage thrust. This will allow better recording of musicians and actors and improved sound for the audiences. Theatrical performances will benefit the most from the upgraded stage. The new stage floor will give a smooth trip free surface over the patchwork uneven floor on the current stage. Musicians, especially singers, will have a much better recording experience without the "floor noise" created by the empty cavity under the stage that has no sound deadening from the air vents that are under the stage. The spray foam will eliminate the air duct sound and echoes from walking on the floor. We will survey musicians, play directors and sound technicians to determine their rating of the new stage. We will have those who have experience on the current stage compare it to the new stage.
The new stage has allowed us to record artists without the echo that was happening before. We had more rentals from artists than we ever had before. In the short time the stage has been completed we have had 5 recording sessions. Two bands that previously
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