Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage
To present the Rourke Art Academy in 2017 for all ages presenting both art lectures and interactive art workshops.
Amy Ann Mursu: Musician, including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Susan Kay: Retired Professor, Retreat Coordinator for New York Mills Arts Retreat; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Ann Hermes: Executive Director of Alexandria Area Arts Association; Andrew Sletten: Drummer, actor, organizer of community arts and performance space; James Arvidson: Community service volunteer; Barbara Lent: Former photography studio owner, textile artist, owner of quilting retreat center; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jeannie Pladsen: Retired Payroll Manger at the University of Minnesota-Morris, community leader.
Amy Ann Mursu: Musician, including piano, clarinet, tuba, and violin; Susan Kay: Retired Professor, Retreat Coordinator for New York Mills Arts Retreat; Erin Gunderson: Library Branch Manager in Breckenridge, musician and artist; Ann Hermes: Executive Director of Alexandria Area Arts Association Andrew Sletten: Drummer, actor, organizer of community arts and performance space; James Arvidson: Community service volunteer; Barbara Lent: Former photography studio owner, textile artist, owner of quilting retreat center; Stan Goldade: High school math instructor, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor; Jeannie Pladsen: Retired Payroll Manger at the University of Minnesota-Morris, community leader.
ACHF Arts Access
The Rourke Art Academy has four primary goals: 1. To celebrate the history and the future of the arts in our region. 2. To engage our community in our artistic traditions through direct contact with the best regional talent. 3. To provide a public venue for our community's notable musicians, poets, writers, designers, architects, art historians, and visual artists to share their work, their vision, their craft, and their dreams with the citizens of our region. 4. To share artistic skills and techniques both basic and more advanced in our hands-on classes for underserved populations. Four of the hands-on workshops will target youth 16 and under, two of the hands-on workshops will target families, twelve of the hands-on workshops will target adults including college students and the elderly) and four lectures will target adults (including college students and the elderly).
The survey results were overwhelmingly positive - 96% would recommend this class to another person. Summaries attached.
Other, local or private