Art Project
Art Project
6th-9th Grade Summer Arts Program "The Lion King Jr. Experience".
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women’s Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Scott Wessels: theater actor, director, writing, media, communications, board member for Green Earth Players; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, 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.
Kathy Fransen: music, arts administration; Jeff Iverson: music, theater, education; Janet Olney: visual art, arts administration, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Teresa Peterson: writing; Don Sherman: visual art; John White: visual art, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Tom Wirt: visual art, arts administration.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
Project goals include 1. offer a summer arts program for middle school aged youth 2. teach theater fundamentals 3. apply newly learned theater fundamentals to rehearsals for the Lion King Jr. 4. perform the Lion King Jr. Participants will be surveyed the first day of the program and again towards the end. The survey will mostly address project goals two and 3; learning and applying theater fundamentals. They will be asked a set of basic theater related questions to establish a baseline. At the end of the program they will be asked about what they have learned by being presented with the same foundational theater questions which will show what they've learned. The Lion King Jr. Experience also provides assessment specific to the curriculum which will help evaluate what the participants have learned. There will also be life lesson questions. Questions about how they've changed as a person and how they can positively influence others and give back to their own community.
The instructors, producers, and kids all worked extremely hard and had fun in the process. The survey showed testimonies of improved singing, love for the story and its music, overcoming shyness, relating Simba's story to personal stories, costumes are intricate, learned about the use of masks in theatre and how to make a real one, hard work, had fun, made friends, learned how to control anger, professional, learned some theatre basics such as parts of the stage and how to cheat out, love for acting, preparation, responsibilities of a lead role and how to improvise. Impact of this project was felt not only by the participants but by the community and those who attended the performances.
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