Start-up
Start-up
Canby Area Arts Council Startup.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, theater director, theater teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, Southwest Minnesota Weaver’s Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County.
ACHF Arts Access
1) Canby Area Arts Council will develop a formal, organized structure in preparation for nonprofit status. 2) Canby Area Arts Council will incorporate as a Nonprofit Organization. 3) Members of Canby Area Arts Council will complete (2) four hour sessions with consultant, Luanne Fondell. 4) Canby Area Arts Council will have organization officers and membership structure. 5) Canby Area Arts Council will prioritized a list of next steps to move forward as a nonprofit organization that will instill the arts into the community and public life in our region. Outcomes will be documented in a checklist. A short survey will be completed by attending members of Canby Area Arts Council following the final consultation session conducted by Luanne Fondell.
Canby Area Arts Council developed a formal, organized structure and incorporated as a nonprofit organization. Baord members of Canby Area Arts Council completed sessions with the consultant (survey results show that participants felt the consultation sessions were very helpful.) Canby Area Arts Council now has organization officers and a membership structure and has prioritized a list of next steps to move forward.