Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
To present a community Dancing Lights Festival.
Don Clark: Minnesota State University-Moorhead Professor, photography; Eric Abrahamson: Business owner/painter, stage manager, actor; Mark Ryan: Plains Art Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Nancy Berns: Radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Carolyn Aarsvold: Retired elementary music educator, violinist; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager, catering business owner; Gary Henrickson: former professor of literature; Minette Stalheim-Johnson; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, sculptor; Amy Schmidt: literary artist, visual artist, bookstore owner.
Don Clark: Minnesota State University-Moorhead Professor, photography; Mark Ryan: Plains Art Museum Director of Collections and Operations; Nancy Berns: Radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer; Gary Henrickson: former professor of literature; Amy Ann Mursu: Attorney/Owner Lakeview Trust and Estate Law, musician, volunteer arts board member; Minette Stalheim-Johnson; Timothy Ray: actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager, catering business owner; Kari Adams; Michael Eble: professor, gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, sculptor; Amy Schmidt: literary artist, visual artist, bookstore owner.
ACHF Arts Access
1. Involve 40 adult community members to participate in the production of ''dancing lights.'' 2. Involve 30 school-age youth to participate in the production of ''dancing lights.'' 3. Have an audience of 260 adults and 170 youth view the ''dancing lights'' production. 4. Make the entire ''dancing lights'' experience multi-generational and family centered.1. 80% of those participating in the workshops will complete surveys that provide objective and subjective descriptions of their experience as creators of the ''dancing lights'' festival, 2. Of the 80% who complete a survey, 95% will describe their experience as expanding their skills and understanding of the arts and perceiving the arts as a transformational experience. 3. 30 members of the audience at the ''dancing lights'' festival will complete a brief survey describing their experience. 90% will indicate that they have gained a broader and deeper understanding of the arts as a result of experiencing ''dancing lights.'
40 persons completed surveys of the experiences. Have you participated in the arts at the Cultural Center before? 22 Based on your experience today, would you participate again? 40 What was your favorite part of the experience? 26 - making art; 18 - winter light films Are you aware of the Legacy funding through the Lake Region Arts Council and the State of Minnesota Legislature? 36 yes.
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