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Support for participation in MACTFest 2021
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. Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; 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; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; 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; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Louella Voigt: music, fiber art; Blue Mound Area Theatre board; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Janine Teske: music, theater, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley school board; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter;
Morgan Baum, visual art, arts admin; Lisa Bergh, visual art, arts admin; Reggie Gorter, music, theater; Darlene Kotelnicki, theater, SMAC board; Joyce Meyer, visual art, education; Jessica Welu, writing, music, SMAC board
ACHF Arts Access
Our goal is to give our actors and crew an opportunity to learn from other community theaters and professional artists and to perform in front of a live audience, the first opportunity since March of 2020. One workshop will focus on accents, which will be value especially for our Radio Dramas. Networking is a large part of the MACTFest experience, which gives our organization time to hear other groups' challenges and successes, new ideas, compare situations and opportunities. Cast/crew will report back to the MASC Board on their experience and share what they learned with other MASC members. Their increased knowledge is also tapped for future productions.
We formed a task force that sought ideas from the community for what types of art would be most popular with local residents. We narrowed the choices down to be voted on by the community, who chose heritage benches representing the ethnicities of those who have lived or currently live in Jackson. After finding a diverse group of artists, we held a community event unveiling the concept sketches for the benches. We were able to connect with many residents in our community who were given an anonymous way to communicate their opinions on the arts in downtown Jackson. We learned many things that will guide us in the future to seek ways to promote community buy-in to art projects, obtain information through a variety of sources to solicit opinions from many interest groups, and provide information to assist us in future grant writing.