Equipment/Facilities Improvement
Equipment/Facilities Improvement
2018 Equipment upgrade.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, theater director, theater teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, Southwest Minnesota Weaver’s Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre 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; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, 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.
Joyce Aakre: visual art, writing; Lisa Bergh: visual art, arts administration; Mark Brodin: theatre; Jolene Louwagie: dance; Tammy Makram: arts administration; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: visual art.
ACHF Arts Access
Of the goals we hope to achieve with this project, the most measurable will be improvements to our sound and lights. We strive to bring our outdated sound system into a state-of-the-art that will our shows more enjoyable by enhancing the volume and clarity of our actors so the audiences can better understand the story they are watching. Our improvements to our lighting system will give us greater flexibility in lighting certain parts of the stage to separate from scene changes and multiple vignettes that occur in most shows. The lighting changes will also be safer for our tech crew, as LED lighting will enable us to change colors from the light board without climbing to change light gels when the show is being put together. For our 2019 shows, we will include surveys that will allow people to offer opinions on how well they could hear the dialogue and talk about any thoughts on the visual enjoyment that the lighting may or may not have brought to the show. Results will be analyzed by the board of directors. We will also bring in tech people from the local area to identify how we can make the results even better.
In the surveys, most audience members felt the lighting for the show was an improvement over some shows they had seen previously. Some still had issues with not being able to hear dialogue sporadically, but good reviews overall. We feel that although we made great strides in helping our audiences hear the actors we still need to continue to strive for improvements. We will also continue as money permits to continue to replace non-LED stage lighting to make the setup less onerous for future shows.
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