Operating Support
Operating Support
Operating Support Year 2, FY2021
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, fundraiser for Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary; Lynette Swenson: visual arts teacher, folk artist, Swift County Food Shelf advisory board; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee. Carisa Clarke: graphic design/web development, arts volunteer, board member DAC of Murray County
Carisa Clarke, visual art, SMAC Board; Brett Lehman, music, SMAC Board; Steve Linstrom, writing, nonprofits; Jane Otto, arts admin; Janet Olney, visual art, arts admin, SMAC Board; Tammy Makram, arts admin.
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Marketing will allow for exposure and growth while strengthening other facets of infrastructure. Staff are affected in many positive ways through salaries to having access to updated software and computers and outsourcing of skills. By increasing our ability to act as facilitator between those wishing to study the arts and those willing to teach and pass on their knowledge, MVAS is striving to make art as accessible to the community. The funding gives us the scope to grow and expand our offerings. Regional students will benefit the most as they will have more offerings and will have greater access to art choices. We are hoping to preserve the house and artwork or the Karen Jenson Trestuen Gallery, a Minnesota treasure. The school has initiated a campaign to purchase the house as both a legacy for Karen Jenson and as a center for the Scandinavian arts. For classes, especially new classes or with new instructors, students are sent a simple feedback survey online. Roughly 30% will respond. We will also receive verbal feedback from all students and instructors in classes. The director is constantly in contact with students and instructors during classes and is able to compile valuable data and feedback. Many of the school's initiatives and changes to events and classes are the result of this feedback. We will also track the number of classes offered, the number of students attending, and any changes in revenue.
By May 2021, the school resumed classes with all participants vaccinated. The school trialed about a dozen classes successfully during 2021. All classes filled and nearly all had waiting lists. We were operating on a week-to-week basis and evaluating every class and event as we went. The school's main event, the Spoon Gathering, was cancelled again. The Meander successfully ran in October with close to normal numbers. The school did work closely with the Defrost Project to produce quality community arts programs during the summer of 2021. The Micronesian community, especially younger Micronesians, profited greatly from these programs. Since the new teaching year commenced in Oct 2021, classes have filled well, but the school is far from confident of the future.
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