Quick Support for Artists
Quick Support for Artists
Minnesota Building and Landscape Paintings
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Justin Beck, chair of Hutchinson Public Arts Commission, president of Hutchinson Center for the Arts, photography, music; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; 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; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; 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; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board. Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, KMS Community Ed director, Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary fundraiser; Michele Huggins: Granite Area Arts Council treasurer and volunteer, member of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, founding member of ACHALA; Betsy Pardick: musician, actor, Dept. of Public Transformation committees; 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; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Jessica Bak, visual art; Morgan Baum, visual art, arts admin; Judy Beckman, music, SMAC board; Alison Nelson, music, theater, SMAC board; Kylie Rieke, visual art; John White; visual art, writing
ACHF Arts Access
Now that I am retired from teaching I have the desire and most importantly the time to do my art. I think I have found my niche and I hope my work makes connections for residents of our area and brings back memories of living in SW MN. My artistic goals are to publicly show my work and hopefully some day soon, be employed as an artist for galleries. I will measure the impact by the response and feedback I get from the gallery staff, fellow artists, and the viewing public. I hope that my work will have an impact on the viewers. I hope that some of the work will also connect with the viewer a sense of nostalgia and fond memories of living in SW MN.
It got me back into taking photos again, doing something for myself, getting out of my shell. I have been dealing with mental health issues for awhile now and this is helping me work through them with my show and taking these photos. I have been trying a lot of different things with my photography and editing that I wasn't before. I now finally have photos framed and matted which is not something I have ever had before, and I love it! I do believe it pushed my audience to grow a little farther with the show being out of my normal area. I have also finished my website which reaches so many more people. I will be able to use these framed photos for more shows which will contribute to my growth more and more.
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