VOICES ~ May – June, 2006 ~

THE PUBLICATION OF THE SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL, INC.

SMAHC Conference for Arts & Culture Organizations Hosted by McLeod County Arts OrganizationsHosted by McLeod County Arts OrganizationsHosted by McLeod County Arts OrganizationsHosted by McLeod County Arts Organizations

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 2006 at the Peace Center, Hutchinson9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 2006 at the Peace Center, Hutchinson9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 2006 at the Peace Center, Hutchinson9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 2006 at the Peace Center, Hutchinson

This is a great chance to get valuable information on Strategic Planning, Motivating Volunteers and Fund Raising, make new contacts, meet other arts groups, network and share information and have a good time.

Andrea Fox Jensen of Litchfield will lead a session on Strategic Planning for organiza-tions. Special topics may include mission, SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, succession planning and audience development. Fox Jensen offers over 20 years experience in defining strategic directions for a wide range of organizations and applying those directions to everyday work. She has a B.A. in Semiotics from Brown Uni-versity. Clients in the SMAHC region include the Southwest Minnesota Foundation, Hut-chinson Theatre Company, Dawson Boyd Arts Association and the Prairie Ecology Bus Center in Lakefield. Clay Coyote Gallery in Hutchinson is hosting a reception following the conference.

Registration fee includes lunch and materials. To encourage participation by several members from each organization we are offering a discount for multiple registrations: $15 for 1 person, $12 each for 2 people, $10 each for 3 or more people from the same organization. Contact the SMAHC office to receive a brochure and registration form: By phone at 800-622-5284 or by email at smahcinfo@iw.net. Registration forms can also be downloaded from our website - www.smahc.org

This conference is funded by the McKnight Foundation and hosted by the McLeod County Arts Organizations: Crow River Arts, Hutchinson Theatre Company, Crow River Area Youth Orchestra, and Clay Coyote Gallery.

Grant Deadlines for Fiscal Year 2007 Announced There are new grant deadlines for the new fiscal year starting July 1, 2006. Draft applications are strongly encouraged one month prior to the grant deadline. For more information on these grants, visit the SMAHC web site: www.smahc.org. Local Arts Development Grants - Art Project, Linkage, and Local Arts Development programs: Round 1 Application Deadline: August 1, 2006, Earliest Project Start Date, October 15, 2006; Round 2 Application Deadline: February 1, 2007 Earliest Project Start Date, April 15, 2007. Grant writing workshop: 4-6 p.m., June 15th at the SMAHC office - call (507) 537-1471 or (800) 622-5284 to pre-register;

Arts in Education & Communities Grants: Round 1 Application Deadline: October 2, 2006, Earliest Project Start Date, December 1, 2006; Round 2 Application Deadline: December 1, 2006, Earliest Project Start Date, February 15, 2007; Round 3 Application Deadline: April 2, 2007, Earliest Project Start Date, June 1, 2007; Individual Artist Study Opportunity Grants: Round 1 Application Deadline: October 2, 2006, Earliest Project Start Date, December 15, 2006; Round 2 Application Deadline: December 1, 2006, Earliest Project Start Date, February 15, 2007; Round 3 Application Deadline: April 2, 2007, Earliest Project Start Date, June 1, 2007;

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In This Issue…

SMAHC Announces Grant Awards ..........................2

Individual Artist Grant Recipients .............................2

Featured Artist, Shayann Hoffer...............................2

Thank You to SMAHC Panelists ..............................3

Advocacy Day, 2006 ................................................3

May/June Calendar ..............................................4-5

Opportunities ............................................................6

Second Annual Studio Hop ......................................7

New and Renewing Members ..................................8

Conference Topics

Strategic Planning

What does it mean? Why do we need it? Where do we begin?

Motivating Volunteers

Fund Raising

*News * Nouvelles * Noticias **News * Nouvelles * Noticias **News * Nouvelles * Noticias **News * Nouvelles * Noticias *

The Board of Directors of the Southwest Minnesota Arts & Humanities Council voted to award a total of $54,254 to local arts organizations under the SMAHC Arts Project Grant Program and the SMAHC Local Arts Development Grant Program.

The most recent grant award recipients in the SMAHC Arts Project Grant Program are:

• Marshall Area Men’s Chorus, Marshall Area, $4,050 for “The Big Sing”.

• Prairie Arts Chorale, SW MN, $3,811 for their “All that Jazz” concert series.

• Crow River Arts, Hutchinson, $4,800 for their Visual Art Exhibit Series.

• Hendricks Art Council, Hendricks, $1,400 for arts events during the “Syttende Mai” festivities.

• Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, Marshall, $4,662 for their Visual Art Exhibits series.

• Milan Village Arts School, Milan, $5,000 for “The Meander Arts Crawl”.

• Jackson County Art Guilds, $4,850 to host a live production of MPR’s “The Morning Show”.

• Plum Creek Library System, SW MN, $2,829 to present “Catch the Beat at Your Library”

• The Barn Theatre, Willmar, $4,937 to present the Hayloft Player’s “The Jungle Book” Children’s Theatre workshop.

• The Southwest Minnesota Orchestra, SW MN, $3,370 for their “Mozart 250th Anniversary Concert” series.

• District 511Community Education, Adrian, $5,000 for their production of “A Christmas Carol”

• Milan Movers, Milan, $1,000 for their performances at “Milan 2006 Syttende Mai”

• Jackson County Library, Jackson, $545 for Jim Van Horn painting in Lakefield Library.

The most recent grant award recipients in the SMAHC Local Arts Development Program are:

• Crow River Arts, Hutchinson, $3,255 for hardware and soft-ware upgrades.

• Song of the Prairie Sweet Adelines, SW MN, $990 to pur-chase portable choral risers.

• DEMO, Inc., Svea, $3,755 for computer and website develop-ment and to purchase a potter’s wheel.

Funding for these programs is provided in part by the McKnightFoundation and the Minnesota State Legislature. For more information, including dates and times for any of the projects or application forms and guidelines, go to www.smahc.org

2006 SMAHC

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST

GRANT RECIPIENTS

Career Artists, $2000 award Michon Weeks, painter, Marshall Bobbie Alsgaard-Lien, painter, Rushmore Julieta M. Alvarado, musician, Marshall

Emerging Artists, $1000 award Kathleen Kusz, painter, Worthington Debra Connolly, painter, Danvers Kim Henspeter, digital media artist, Marshall Pearl Ziegenhagen, painter, Clements Carol Ceynowa, ceramic artist, Luverne Celeste Suter, fiber artist, Montevideo Judi Brown, musician, Marshall Victoria Hanna, fiber artist, Canby

See our website for more on these talented regional

Artists at www.smahc.org

SMAHC AWARDS $54,254 IN

GRANTS TO

ORGANIZATIONS!

Shayann Hoffer

Shayann Hoffer, New London, was a recipient of a 2005

SMAHC emerging artist grant. You can see her work at

www.mnartists.org. Visit her studio during the Lakes Area

Studio Hop, June 24th & 25th. (See page 7). Some of her lat-

est work is featured on the SMAHC website (www.smahc.org).

*News * Nouvelles * Noticias **News * Nouvelles * Noticias **News * Nouvelles * Noticias **News * Nouvelles * Noticias *

ADVOCACY DAY 2006ADVOCACY DAY 2006ADVOCACY DAY 2006ADVOCACY DAY 2006

The Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council took part in the annual Art Advocacy Day at the state capital on March 9. Representing the SMAHC region were Luanne Fondell, Dawson; Bruce Boldt, Windom; Dennis Hansen and Paul Johnson, Pipestone; Ben Vander Kooi Jr., Luverne; Erica Meium, Luke and Allison Geiger, Willmar; Paul Chindvall and Brent Olson, Ortonville; Greta Murray, Ghent; and Charles Carrera, Marshall.

More than 250 arts advocates came to the capital and visited over 80% of all legislators. The SMAHC teams met with 13 state senators and repre-sentatives, including Senators Steve Dille, Gary Kubly, Dennis Frederick-son, Jim Vickerman, and representatives Scott Newman, Lyle Koenen, Dean Urdahl, Aaron Peterson, Al Juhnke, Brad Finstad. Marty Seifert, Rod Hamilton. and Doug Magnus. The focus of the meetings was to seek sup-port from the legislators for the arts and specifically to include the arts in any dedicated sales tax amendment.

The results of the Arts and Culture Economic Impact Study were pre-sented to the legislators. This statewide report, The Arts: A driving Force in Minnesota’s Economy measured the eco-nomic impact or arts and cultural organizations and their audiences. This study reveals that the nonprofit arts and culture industry is a mover and shaker in Minnesota’s economy with $838.5 million in annual economic activity that supports 22,095 full-time jobs and generates more than $94 million in state and local government revenues.

More Advocacy Day pictures are on the SMAHC web site at www.smahc.org.

Team “K” poses for a picture at the State Capital.

Picture on right From Left: Greta Murray, Luke Geiger, Allison Geiger, Paul

Chindvall, Rep. Al Juhnke, Erica Meium, Brent Olson, Luanne

Fondell

Picture on left From Left: Matt

Grandbois, Charles Carrera, Mike Carney, Senator Dennis

Frederickson, Paul Johnson, Tyla Pream, Ben Vander Kooi Jr., Bruce Boldt, Dennis Hansen

Thank You SMAHC Grant Review Panelists!Thank You SMAHC Grant Review Panelists!Thank You SMAHC Grant Review Panelists!Thank You SMAHC Grant Review Panelists!

SMAHC would like to thank the many individuals who have volunteered their time serving on one (or more) of the 3 grant review panels for fiscal year 2006. These volunteers play an important role in helping SMAHC carry out their mis-sion to encourage the growth and development of the arts in southwestern Minnesota through the funding of art pro-jects, local arts development and individual artists.

There are 3 Grant Panels which meet one to three times a year to review grants and make recommendations to the SMAHC Board - Arts in Education & Communities Grant Panel, Organization Grant Panel, and Individual Artist Grant Panel. Thank You - Meredith Vaselaar, Adrian; Jerry Schaefer, Ghent; Pam Kyllingstad, Grove City; Tom Wirt, Hut-chinson; Carol Wendt, Litchfield; Gerald Kulzer, Litchfield; Sharon Mace, Willmar; Robin Moore, Milan; Nancy Strand, Milan; Carol Westberg, Montevideo; Louise Mack, New London; Lisa Nordin, New London; Jeanne Whitney, New Lon-don; Vera Doidge, Redwood Falls; Nan Karr Kaufenberg, Redwood Falls; Raye McKim, Renville; Verna Patrick, Spicer; Sharon Schuetze, Spicer; Diane Sartell, Tyler; Ruth McKinney, Walnut Grove/Hutchinson; Joel McKinney, Walnut Grove/Hutchinson.

Panelists needed for 2007! The application form is on our web site (www.smahc.org) or contact the SMAHC office.

May/June CalendarMay/June CalendarMay/June CalendarMay/June Calendar May 1 Mike Burnette, SMSU senior, Art Exhibit Opening, 3 - 5 PM, on the second floor of the Student Center, SMSU, Marshall. The title of his show is, "From the Woodlands to the Plains: An Indigenous Perspective." The exhibit will run through May 15. May 4-6 Tokheim Stoneware Spring Open House, Thurs. 4-8pm, Fri. 10am-8pm and Sat. 10am-8pm. Located at 2057 361st Ave., Dawson. 320-769-2142, see www.tokheim-stoneware.com for more info and direc-tions to the studio. May 4 Buffalo Fish Gallery First Thursdays Art Opening - Deb Connolly, pastel & watercolor artist from Danvers, MN. 776 Business Hwy 71, Willmar. 320-222-9876 May 5 Duo Recital - Ms. Julie Grives and Mr. Russell Svenningsen; 7 PM Fine Arts Theatre, SMSU, Marshall.

May 5 Pop Wagner, 7:30 PM, Watson Town Hall, Watson; Call 320-269-8971 for more information.

May 5-7 Prairie Arts Chorale “All That Jazz” concerts. May 5 at 7:30pm at Redwood Valley HS in Redwood Falls; May 6 at 7:30pm at the Hollywood Theater in Montevideo, and May 7 at 4:00pm in the MHS Performing Arts Center in Marshall. Call 507-360-4404 for more info.

May 6 Prairie Winds Concert Band, 7:30 PM; Evangelical Free Church, Willmar. http://pwcb.dennisbenson.com/

May 6 SMAHC Arts in Education & Individual Artist Study Grant Review Panel, 9:30am, at the SMAHC office, Mar-shall.

May 6 Solo Piano Recital, Dr. Daniel Rieppel, 7:30 PM, Fine Arts Theatre, SMSU, Marshall

May 12 & 13 Prairie Arts Chorale “All That Jazz” concerts. May 12 at 7:30pm at Jackson County Central HS in Jack-son and May 13 at 7:30pm at the Springfield Arts Center in Springfield. Call 507-360-4404 for more info

May 13 Tonic Sol-fa, 7:30 PM, Memorial Auditorium, Daw-son-Boyd Arts Association, Dawson. 320-769-2955, Ext. 246; http://www.dawsonboydarts.org/

May 14 Marcoux Corner, Windom Concert Association, 2:30 PM, Business, Arts and Recreation Center, Windom; http://www.barcwindom.com/

May 16 14th Annual Conference for Young Writers for stu-dents in grades 3-8. Registration at 8:15, conference con-cludes at 2:00 PM. Location: Southwest Minnesota State University; early bird registration deadline is April 12; the final registration deadline is April 19; contact information: andrea.anderson@swsc.org or sue.gorecki@swsc.org or call Andrea @507-536-2257; website: www.swsc.org/

May 19 & 20 Lake Benton/RTR High School Play, 7:30 PM, Lake Benton Opera House, Lake Benton

May 22 SMAHC Board Meeting, 5:00pm, at the SMAHC office, Marshall.

May 25 Mu Daiko, Japanese drumming, is performing at the Willmar Education & Arts Center (WEAC), 611 SW 5th St., Willmar; 7 PM; Tickets are available at the door.

May 26 Singer/Songwriter, Charlie Roth, 7:30 PM; Java River Café, 210 S. 1st Street, Montevideo;

June 6-11, 14-18, The Nerd, The Barn Theatre, evening shows at 7 PM, matinees at 2:30 PM; 321 4th Street SW, Willmar; 320-235-9500; http://www.thebarntheatre.com/

June 15-18 & 22-25 The King & I, performed by the Calu-met Players, 7:30pm each night at the Pipestone

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May/June CalendarMay/June CalendarMay/June CalendarMay/June Calendar Performing Arts Center, 104 East Main Street, downtown Pipestone. 507-825-2020, 877-722-2787 or 507-825-4120

June 15 Grantwriting Workshop - SMAHC Art Projects, Linkage & Local Arts Development Grants, 4-6 p.m., SMAHC office, 1210 E College Dr., Suite 600, Marshall. RSVP to 800-622-5284 or smahc@iw.net.

June 17 SMAHC Conference for Arts & Culture Organi-zations, 9:00am at the Peace Center, 400 Franklin St. SW, Hutchinson; hosted by McLeod County Arts Organizations. Contact SMAHC for more info at 800-622-5284

June 23 & 24 The Hobbit, a children’s theater production presented by the Marshall Area Stage Co., Marshall Middle School Auditorium, Marshall.

June 23 & 24 Artist Expositions sponsored by Crow River Arts in the Hutchinson Mall, Hutchinson. There will be art and music demonstrations. Free and fun for the whole fam-ily. For more info call 320-587-0899

June 24, Taffeta Memories, Riverfest Weekend Entertain-ment, Musical comedy show showcasing the music of the 50’s; 7:30 PM, Memorial Auditorium, Dawson-Boyd Arts Association, Dawson. 320-769-2955, Ext. 246; http://www.dawsonboydarts.org/

June 24 & 25, 2nd Annual Lakes Area Studio Hop, June 24th, 10 AM to 5 PM and June 25th 12 PM to 5 PM; maps & info available at Art in the Village, New London, Buffalo Fish Fine Art, Willmar, and WEAC, Willmar. Visit www.studiohop.org for more information (see page 7 of this issue of Voices)

June 26 & 27, Pastel Workshop “Seeing and Interpreting Color with Pastels" taught by artist Sheila Rieman of Senti-nel Butte, North Dakota. 9 AM to 4 PM at the Community Center in Hancock. For more information, email obrien@lakes.com. June 30-July 2 Damn Yankees, performed by the Lac qui Parle Players, Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Sunday & Monday at 7pm. Prairie Arts Center, Madison. 1-320-598-7623

July 22 Red Hat Extravaganza, Pipestone Performing Art Center- Pipestone; Full day of activities; Schedule to be announced; Call 1-800 336-6125 or e-mail pipecham@pipestoneminnestoa.com; Web site: www.pipestoneminnesota.com

July 21-23, 28-30, Aug 4-6 Song of Hiawatha Pag-eant Hiawatha Pageant Grounds- Pipestone; Tickets: $10.00 for 7 to Adult, 6 & under FREE...group rates avail-able; visit the web site www.pipestoneminnesota.com for more information, or call 1-800-430-4126; e-mail address: pipecham@pipestoneminnesota.com

New Grant Deadlines (Continued from Page 1)

Individual Artist Development and Individual Artist Career Grants: Application Deadline: March 1, 2007; Earliest Project Start Date: May 1, 2007;

Arts Challenge Grants: Round 1 Application Deadline: September 1, 2006, Earliest Project Start Date, October 1, 2006; Round 2 Application Deadline: December 2, 2006, Earliest Project Start Date, February 1, 2007; Round 3 Application Deadline: April 2, 2007, Earliest Project Start Date, May 1, 2007;

Prairie Disciple & Prairie Star Award: Nominations must be received before March 1, 2007.

Arts Organization Networking Grants: Ongoing deadlines – applications due one (1) week prior to the planned trip.

Cultural Bank: Ongoing deadlines – applications due 28 days before project performance date.

Gallery Listings Nobles County Art Center, Upcoming opening receptions: James Dahl, Dimensional Art Forms, May 7, 2 PM to 4:30 PM; exhibit will be up through May. Dan Zahn Concert, A blend of traditional contemporary and original music, June 23, 7:30 PM; 407 12th St., Worthington. 507-372-8245

Marshall Area Fine Arts Council (MAFAC), Lyon County Art Stars through May 20; Photography by Annie Lerke Minske May 23-June 30; 313 W. Main St., Marshall. 507-532-5463. Hours: Tues-Fri 11-4:30 pm & Sat 11-2 pm.

William Whipple Galleries I & II, People of the Mind a collection of figurative works by multiple artists including Salvador Dali and Augustine Tzen, in the new SMSU library and Founders Hall, 1501 State St., Marshall.

Willmar Education & Arts Center, 611 SW 5th St., Willmar, 320-231-8560

Buffalo Fish Fine Art Gallery, 776 Business Hwy 71 North, Willmar. http://www.buffalofishfineart.com

Cottonwood County Historical Society, 812 Fourth Ave-nue, Windom; Hours: Monday—Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM. Contact: (507) 831-1134

Java River Café in Montevideo hosts a new art exhibit every month. They also provide a venue for musicians, poets, and performers. In May, the University of Minnesota presents a photography exhibit and Lydia presents her wa-ter colors; 210 S. 1st Street, Montevideo; website: www.javarivercafe.com

Crow River Arts Gallery, Hutchinson Mall on Highway 15, Hutchinson; Gallery hours are from noon to 3 PM, Tues-day through Saturday or by appointment. Call 320-587-0899 for more information are visit their website: http://www.crowriverarts.org.

OpportunitiesOpportunitiesOpportunitiesOpportunities The Barn Theatre is accepting proposals from visual artists to exhibit in The Barn Gallery. Please submit a minimum of 5 slides/photos and a short artist statement and/or re-sume. Please include a SASE for your materials to be re-turned. For more information, contact lisa@thebarntheatre.com or call Lisa Nordin-320-235-9500; The Barn Theatre PO BOX 342 321 SW 4th St. Willmar, MN 56201

Springboard For The Arts is a non-profit artist service or-ganization. Their mission is to provide affordable manage-ment information, consulting and training services designed to improve the business competence and confidence of in-dependent artists and cultural organizations in the Upper Midwest. Check them out at : www.springboardforthearts.org/Workshops/Workshop.asp or call 651-292-4381

Milan Village Arts School Classes in Milan, MN Many classes and workshops are being offered such as Introduction to Pottery, The Journal as Art, Norwegian Knife Making, Intro to Timber Framing, Figure Drawing, and many more. For a brochure call 320.734.4807 or email mvas@fedteldirect.net or visit: http://www.milanvillageartsschool.org/

Attention Writers! The Loft Literary Center lists opportuni-ties for writers at www.loft.org.

The Flower Shop Project is a Twin Cities based theatre company. They are looking for new seedlings to cultivate in their greenhouse. If you are playwright and have a script, submit it for consideration to become a full theatrical pro-duction. If interested, read more at http://theflowershopproject.com/cms

The Minnesota State Arts Board maintains a database for visual artists who want to locate new venues in which to exhibit and sell their work, and for art patrons and collectors who are interested in viewing or purchasing art in Minne-sota. The database is available at www.mnarts.us/exhibit.cfm

Need to write an artist’s statement? There is an excel-lent resource with tips to help you write a personal artist's statement to accompany your paintings. Visit this website and read more: http://painting.about.com/cs/careerdevelopment/a/statementartist.htm

Java River Café in Montevideo hosts a new art exhibit every month. They also provide a venue for musicians, po-ets, and performers. Visit their website to read more about their exhibits and live musical performances. www.javarivercafe.com

Milan Village Arts School Classes in Milan, MN Many classes and workshops are being offered starting in January such as Introduction to Pottery, The Journal as Art, Norwegian Knife Making, Intro to Timber Framing, Figure Drawing, and many more. For a brochure call 320.734.4807 or email mvas@fedteldirect.net

MN State Arts Board K-12 Arts Challenge Minnesota Grants Application materials for the 2006-2007 school year are now available. Public schools, outside the seven county metro area, that haven’t received a School Support grant in the past three years, are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis from April 3, 2006 to March 2007 or until funds run out. This program provides matching funds to sponsor artist residencies of one week or longer. Schools that apply for Arts Board residency funding through the K-12 Arts Challenge Minnesota program must work with an artist from the Arts in Education Roster of Art-ists which is available for viewing, along with application forms at www.arts.state.mn.us Phone: (651) 215-1600; (800) 8MN-ARTS Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places The Minnesota State Arts Board is seeking applications for its Percent for Art in Public Places artist registry. Visual art-ists are encouraged to submit an application, which can be found on the Arts Board Web site, and up to ten digital work sample images. The Arts Board maintains accepted artists' files for four years, at which time they will be asked to reap-ply. www.arts.state.mn.us Phone: (651) 215-1600; (800) 8MN-ARTS Open Door Exhibition Rosalux, a cooperative gallery in downtown Minneapolis, is excited to announce its second annual Open Door Exhibi-tion, which is the only opportunity for nonmembers to exhibit in the gallery. All media are accepted, and it is open to any-one in the world. Deadline May 31, 2006 www.rosaluxgallery.com Phone: (612) 747-3842 MN Media Arts Grant Program from the Jerome Foundation For film and video artists who work in the genres of experi-mental, narrative, animation and documentary production. Awards are for emerging artists whose work shows promise of excellence. Collaborative projects are eligible. Grants usually range from $8000- $30,000 per project. Deadline is May 19, 2006. For application and guidelines go to www.jeromefdn.org, email rbyrd@jeromefdn.org or call 1-800-995-3766

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Big Stone…………….................Brent Olson Chippewa…….....................................Open Cottonwood............................... Bruce Boldt Jackson......................................Paul Jones Kandiyohi .................................Louise Mack Lac qui Parle ....................... Luanne Fondell

Lincoln....................................Kathy Wilmes Lyon .........................................Linda Grong McLeod...................................... Kurt Schulz Meeker ............................. Danielle Rodgers Murray .................................................Open Nobles .............. Margaret Hurlbut Vosburgh Pipestone ............................ Bronwyn Jones

Redwood ............................Ramona Larson Renville................................... Chuck Brown Rock .................................... Marya Manfred Swift…………………………………Pat Krebs Yellow Medicine..................... Tamara Isfeld At-Large....................................Ruth Ascher At-Large …………………….... Louise Olson

2006 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STAFF

Executive Director .............Greta Murray Administrative Assistant…Charles Carrera Office Assistant…………....…..Cat Abbott

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New & Renewing Members February 18, 2006 – April 19, 2006

James & Sydney Massee, Appleton Swift County Commission, Benson Ralph and Norma Dovre, Canby Brad and Margaret Madsen, Dawson Darwin & Lori Dyce, Ghent McLeod County Commission, Glencoe

Yellow Medicine County Commission, Granite Falls

Doug & Connie Peterson, Granite Falls

Bev Tellefsen, Granite Falls Claire Swanson, Granite Falls Hutchinson Theatre Company Les & Lany Kallsen, Ihlen Jackson County Commission

Ralph Nordstrom, Lakefield Andrea Fox & Steve Jensen, Litchfield

Marcia & Dick Johnson, Marshall Marianne Zarzana, Marshall Ed and Linda Carberry, Marshall Charles & Myrna Bladholm, Marshall Lloyd & Rennae Petersen, Marshall Milan Village Arts School, Milan Carol Westberg, Montevideo Glen & Jackie Herfurth, Montevideo Norman and Wilma Bosch, Montevideo

Renville County Commission, Olivia Calumet Players, Pipestone Delores Runge, Pipestone

Pipestone County Commission BJ Justice-Kamp, Redwood Falls Mary Jo & Henry Boots, Redwood Falls Raye McKim, Renville Ken and Marlys Knuth, Slayton Karen and David Minge, St. Paul Allan and Marlene Josephson, Taunton Vickie Daub, Wabasso Dorothy Davies, Willmar Karin Gilbertson, Willmar Kandiyohi County Commission, Willmar David Moody & Mary Catherwood, Willmar

Cottonwood County Commission, Windom

Curtis & Shirley Pietz, Worthington