Operating Support
Operating Support
Operating Support Year 1, FY2024
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; Maggie Fuller: visual art, writing; Anna Johannsen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician, Hinterland Art Crawl board; Shawn Kinsinger: theater director, actor, musician, Palace Theatre executive director, Green Earth Players vice president, Luverne Street Music board member, Luverne High School Theater artistic director; Erin Kline, visual art, music, writing, education, SMSU Diversity and Inclusion; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board; Jessica Mata: visual art, dance, Kerkhoven Arts Council; Kylie Rieke: ceramics, murals, music, theater, T-Bird Community Arts Board; Ana Serrano: visual art, business; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Tyler Arts Council board president, actor/director, musician, reporter.
Cheryl Avenel-Navara, arts admin, SMAC board; Judy Beckman, music, SMAC board; Brett Lehman, music; Michelle Marotzke, multidiscipline; Tom Nelson, theater; Paula Nemes, theater, music; Eileen O'Keefe, visual art; Valerie Quist, writing, libraries.
ACHF Arts Access
The SMAC funding will allow us to keep our current rental space so we can continue to host events for all ages and backgrounds. The funding will allow us to offer more programming in our space, which is directly related to our ability to build on our mission and offer more programming. Success builds success, as we have seen in the past. The more our building is open, the lights on, and programming happening, the more the community is likely to say, ?Hey, there is a lot going on at the Arts. Council Building. Maybe we should check this out.? The more we see successful programming happen, the more energy surges through our board members creating the ripple effect of positive, fun, creative brainstorming. We will measure our success though surveys and planned conversations with community members from all ages, social, and economic levels. We hope to get honest opinions on the relevancy, affordability, and inclusionary aspects of our programming. The number of attendees at events is important data; however, numbers in attendance alone, doesn't show critical information about who our programming is reaching. Staying true to our mission, our success depends on reaching all community members, especially those underserved, such as teens and the elderly.
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