Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
To provide: 1) a shared studio for use by glass, metal, wood, and painting artisans 2) affordable classes and demonstrations and 3)an annual show of the work of such artisans.
Kari Adams: Studio artist, graphic designer, printmaker; Stan Goldade: High School math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jamie Beyer: Marketing and graphic designer; Don Clark: Professor at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, photographer; Eric Abrahamson: Former stage manager, Historic Holmes Theatre and Board member Playhouse 412; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Gregory DeGier: trumpet player for Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra and various ensembles and pit bands; Jim Arvidson: Graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute, community service volunteer; Minette Stalheim Johnson: Lay minister with degrees in Theology and English; Jeannie Pederson: Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator; Timothy Ray: Actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Michael Eble: Professor and gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris, drawing and painting; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Nancy Berns: Former Lake Region Arts Council Board member, radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer.
Kari Adams: Studio artist, graphic designer, printmaker; Stan Goldade: High School math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jamie Beyer: Marketing and graphic designer; Don Clark: Professor at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, photographer; Eric Abrahamson: Former stage manager, Historic Holmes Theatre and Board member Playhouse 412; Kari Kjesbo: former gallery manager and catering business owner; Carolyn Flieder: fiber artist, former quilt shop owner; Gregory DeGier: trumpet player for Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra and various ensembles and pit bands; Jim Arvidson: Graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute, community service volunteer; Minette Stalheim Johnson: Lay minister with degrees in Theology and English; Jeannie Pederson: Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator; Timothy Ray: Actor, director, technical director, musician-performer; Michael Eble: Professor and gallery curator at University of Minnesota-Morris, drawing and painting; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Nancy Berns: Former Lake Region Arts Council Board member, radio voice actor, costumer, vocal director, choral singer.
ACHF Arts Access
Our goals are: 1. To provide access to an art studio where artists and students could practice the crafts of glass fusing and slumping, metalworking, painting and woodworking. 2. To provide shared tools for the creation of crafts to those unable to afford such tools or the rental of such space. 3. To increase art education to people who otherwise would not be able to afford such education. 4. To hold an annual art exhibit where those artists who have produced art in the studio could show their work. Through course and demonstration registration forms and evaluations and annual surveys of participants, we intend to document: 1. The number of people participating in the courses and demonstrations. 2. The quality of instruction as perceived by the participants. 3. The value of their art experience.
We had 55 students in our summer and fall classes and had about 91 people attend our two art shows and art demonstrations. Overall ratings of the classes exceeded our expectations. Students and users of the studio have rated the quality of art instruction and the facility highly. Evaluation forms used at the end of each class have averaged the following ratings: Enjoyed the class (an average of 5 on a 5 point scale), Rating of knowledge and skills of instructor(an average of 5 on a 5 point scale), Increased their art skills (an average of 4.8 on a 5 point scale), Rating of facility for art experience (4.9 on a 5 point scale)