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2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$652
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Tyler Arts Council
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2022
End Date
February 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Lincoln
Lyon
Pipestone
Pipestone
Lincoln
Lyon
Pipestone
Pipestone
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Production of Love Letters

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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; Kylie Rieke: ceramics, murals, music, theater, T-Bird Community Arts Board; 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;

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Thomas Flynn, writing; Shawn Kinsinger, theater, SMAC board; Kerry Ward, visual art, nonprofits; Jessica Welu, writing, music, SMAC board; Esmeralda Ziemer, film.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$652
Other Funds Leveraged
$688
Direct expenses
$1,340
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Tyler Arts Council hopes to start bringing more community theater to our town. We have a new theater in town at the high school and would like to utilize it more. Our intent with this project is to start on a smaller scale with a small cast and hopefully get people excited about creating theater in this new facility. Our goal is to create a quality theater experience for the public to build some excitement on expanding to more plays in the future. It is also our intent to create an outlet for high school students' art projects and give them some recognition for their work. It will give them a feel for what an artist exhibit is and hopefully encourage them to do more in the future. We will include a small questionnaire in our programs to which people can respond to gauge our success and get their opinion on what they would like to see going forward.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The impact our community was a positive one. People were excited about local community theater being produced in town as well as an opportunity to show off a new 500 seat facility at the school. Included in our program was a short survey for audience memb

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Mark Wilmes, Christina Vos, Pam Blake, Lorilee Malacha, Richard Siemers, Deb Burckhardt, Sandy Hanson, Cindy Koenig, Maureen Gosser
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Wilmes
Organization Name
Tyler Arts Council AKA Tyler Area Arts Council
Street Address
105 McGoudy St
City
Tyler
State
MN
Zip Code
56178
Email
markwilmes@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

509 W Main St, PO Box 55
Marshall, Minnesota 56258 

Phone
Phone Manager: Nicole DeBoer
(507) 537-1471
Email the Agency