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"Never doubt that a small group of people
can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
Following is a partial list of activities and events
previously sponsored by the
Evansville Arts Coalition:
Granary Girls songwriting residency
"A Piece of My Heart" performance by Playing on Purpose
Productions
High School production of "Grease"
School field trip to Minneapolis Institute of Art and Children's Theatre
Purchased art equipment for use in Evansville School Art Department
Tile Murals Residency with Roxann Sorenson
High School production of "Anne Frank & Me"
Amateur Photography Exhibit - 2001
Sent school kids to see Children's Theatre Company production of
"Grimm's Tales"
"Elder's Wisdom, Children's Song" with the Granary Girls
Fourth of July Variety Shows (6 years)
Sculptural Benches placed around Evansville
Ethnic Dance Theatre Residency and Performance
High School production of "Little Shop of Horrors"
Gerry Thornberg Arts Scholarship Program (4 recipients)
Patty Kakac Songwriting Residency
Marcia McEachron Sculpture Residency
Rural Visions CEP Program (Post Office Murals)
Jim Drey Alzheimer Poetry Residency
Claymation Video Workshop
Puppet Theater Workshop
"What Is Jazz?" Music Residency with Ruth MacKenzie and Joan
Griffith
High School theatrical production of "Makin' It"
Rolling Plains Art Museum
Reading and reception for children's author Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
Mural Painting Residency with Marilyn Lindstrom
Reception for 1999 Duck Stamp winner John House
Alexienne Chapter of Sweet Adelines at Foundation Day
Coffeehouse Poetry Night*
(*the longest-running literary event of its kind in West Central
Minnesota)
Great American Ballroom Band Concert and Dance
Banjo Dancers Performance for Ashby, Brandon and Evansville ECFE
Gustavo Duarte Graphic Arts Residency
Leo Lara Latino Music Residency
Carmen Rodriguez Storytelling Residency
Ice Cream Social and Art Exhibit
Ethnic Weaving and Folk Dance Program at Foundation Day
Patty & the Pinetones Fourth of July Concert
Photography Exhibit - 1996
Stephen Henning Painting Residency
Artist Donna Carlson, holding one of her hand-thrown bowls.
Special Thanks
Evansville Arts Coalition receives operating support and program
grants from Lake Region Arts Council, through an appropriation by
the
Minnesota State Legislature.
Thanks, LRAC!
We have also received grants from other organizations in the
past. In 2005 we received an Operation Round Up
grant from Runestone Electric Association Trust to help support our
summer art workshops for children. (Pictured
from left to right) Operation Round Up® board member John Beem,
Connie Eidem’s granddaughter, Evansville
Arts Coalition board member Connie Eidem and
Operation Round Up board member Jerome Hagen.
And special thanks also go to our Corporate Members for their
generous support.
Thank you for your generosity!
Bremer Bank of
Brandon
City of Evansville
Evansville Public School District 208
Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association
Inspiration Peak Publishing Company
Master Lumber
Nelson's Store
North Central Reforestation, Inc.
Otter Tail Power Company
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