2010/03/15
March 15, 2010 -- Great River Regional Library
(GRRL) will offer a "Cartoon Art Workshop" at a variety of branch locations as part of its Arts and Cultural Heritage Library Legacy program schedule. This workshop will include character and story outline development, comic drawing techniques, and layout options. Participants will look and learn about comic book history and artists for examples. It will be useful if students bring a short story to work with and/or any existing artwork that they may want to use. Basic materials will be provided.
The workshop will be presented by Shayann Hoffer, a freelance artist and educator who works with youth in the areas of drawing, painting, cartooning, still-clip animation and sculpture. She received her BFA in painting from St. Cloud State University and did post-baccalaureate studies in art at the University of Oregon.
Labels: library_legacy, minnesota_historical_society, mhs, minnesota's_greatest_generation, mgg
March 15, 2010 -- Four plays were commissioned for the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Project. Each playwright used primary source documents as inspiration. The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) will provide scripts of the plays to the libraries. The library acts as producer, casting local actors or teens. Plays were written to be performed in small spaces with minimal or no props and can easily adapt to any library or stage setting.
Parachute Silk
Cast: two female actors
Two factory girls discuss their fears and hopes about marrying their returning GI fiancés, while making wedding dresses out of parachute silk.
Parachute Silk Staging Notes and Information
The Secret Storm
Cast: one female, three male actors
A housewife in the 1950s watches a soap opera that has an eerie way of crossing into her own life---and bringing up issues of lost loves, divorce and survivor's guilt
The Secret Storm Staging Notes and Information
Swell!
Cast: one female, one male actor and a narrator
The story of two different teenagers and their worries during the Depression, as seen through their diary entires.
Swell! Staging Notes and Information
The Amazing Adventures of Stuart Lindman!
Cast: two male actors
The life story of Minnesota's Greatest Generation member Stuart Lindman, told as an old time radio show.
[The Amazing Adventures of Stuart Lindman! Script|^Stuart Lindman final[1].pdf]
The Amazing Adventures of Stuart Lindman! Staging Notes and Information
LIBRARY LOGISTICS:
Libraries must provide:
- Library or community staff to produce the play (cast actors, rehearse, etc.)
- Seating for audience
- Props and costumes (optional)
For more information contact Ginny Brodeen
, CRPLSA/MHS Library Coordinator
March 15, 2010 -- A detailed summary of recent Arts and Cultural Heritage Library Legacy activities in the Northwest Regional Library.
March 15, 2010 -- Participants of "Musical Story Times" presented by the MacPhail Center for Music will learn new ways to enhance library story times with the addition of music. Hands-on activities will help library staff gain new ideas. The two workshops designed specifically for library staff will be held on April 27 and May 6. The sessions will be presented by Dianna Babcock, Director of Early Childhood Music and Cheryl Henningsgaard, Faculty Member, MacPhail Center for Music. The free workshops are open to all library workers in Minnesota. The workshop will be recorded and posted online.
Registration links:
MacPhail Center for Music workshop -- April 27
Tuesday, April 27, 9 a.m.-noon, Maplewood Library, 3025 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood
MacPhail Center for Music workshop -- May 6
Thursday, May 6, 9 a.m.-noon, Ridgedale Library, Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
March 15, 2010 -- With an eye toward quality and an ability to accurately report on the impact of Arts and Cultural Heritage Funds (ACHF), the Arrowhead Library System (ALS) is sharing samples of evaluation forms distributed at recent ALS sponsored events. While similar, each evaluation is tailored to the individual event , whether dance or symphony, for children, adults, or intergenerational. Library systems around Minnesota may use and modify the text as needed. Samples include: