Minnesota's Legacy Amendment raises revenue for Clean Water, Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage. Libraries will be beneficiaries of a portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage funding.
Library Legacy Artist, Performer and Partner Database
In a cooperative effort to identify a diverse selection of quality performers and speakers for library programs and community events, CRPLSA offers the Library Legacy Artist, Performer and Partner Database. This online resource includes a wealth of information gathered by library staff from across the state, as well as self-submissions by artists willing to go on-the-road to share their art, song or dance, enriching Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage.
CRPLSA announces Minnesota's very own Library Legacy Logo to use on Library Legacy promotional materials! Please find the images to use on your materials below -- they vary in format, size and color.
Cheryl Hill and James Hill, directors of the Pine Island and Zumbrota Public Libraries, were kind enough to share with us their experiences hosting a successful Library Legacy project, sponsored by SELCO's Community Collaboration grant program:
We contacted an artist, Greg Preslicka, who has a company called "The Big Picture" - http://www.thebigpicturemurals.net/ He visited our libraries and we talked about options and what we wanted to see for murals at our respective libraries. In Zumbrota, we chose a section of wall near our Young Adult section that we have been developing over the past year. In PI, they chose to paint a mural from the top of the stairway all the way downstairs and covering the walls of the lower level of Pine Island Library. Greg and his wife, Heidi, were very easy to work with. They offered presentations to the community while painting the murals. In Pine Island, the community voted on specific themes and characters the wanted to see in the mural, and these were worked into the designs. Greg and Heidi also helped write up the overview for the grant application that we submitted for legacy funds. Greg came up with conceptual designs for both libraries, and we chose the mural we liked best (In Zumbrota, I had my board vote on the design).
The murals turned out extremely well, and we were very pleased with the project, and excited to share the outcome with everyone. As Cheryl says, "It was such a wonderful experience that I have to say it was worth all the time and hard work. The best part of my day now is when people see the mural for the first time and I hear them go 'oh look there's Horton, there's the hungry caterpillar, there's Charlotte web'. Just the pure excitement from the kids and the nostalgia from the adults makes my day".
I've attached a couple photos of the work in progress and the final product. Pine Island has several photos on their flickr account off their website: http://pineisland.lib.mn.us/
If you are thinking of a mural at your library, I highly recommend these artists.
James Hill
With programs, digitization projects, historical re-enactments and new books being published around Minnesota as a result of Library Legacy's creative energy, CRPLSA is happy to release an Arts and Cultural Heritage logo specific to library activities.
Greetings! We now have our very own Minnesota Library Legacy Logo to use on our promotional materials -- woo hoo! Please find the images to use on your materials below -- they vary in format, size and color.
The June 3rd edition of the Marshall Independent featured an article about a successful Library Legacy project. "Teens Publish!", a two-month writing course held at the library, culminated in the publication of a small anthology titled Oh My Gosh, I Can't Believe I'm Published! The anthology features selected works by thirteen different young authors, all written during the two-month course. Read more about the project and the publication release here:
VLS was recently featured in an article in the Douglas County Echo Press. The article describes the wide variety of Legacy-sponsored activities availble in the region during July and August.
As you consider how to fill your calendar for the upcoming month - don't forget about MGG in the Libraries programming. This programming is designed for ease of use and is free to your library! Below, we've highlighted key dates and holidays in June, and offered suggestions for tie-in programs.
June
Programming Ideas:
Sunday, June 6th: D-Day
Wartime in Minnesota Kit
Offer a family-friendly day honoring our WWII soldiers by offering educational activities, story times, and films about Minnesota's experience in the war. Consider collecting items or creating cards for current members of the armed forces as well.
Monday, June 14thth: Flag Day
This is a special day to honor the meaning of the flag to everyone, especially those who have been a part of the armed forces.
Sunday, June 20thth: Father's Day
Father's Day Activities for the Whole Family
Offer a family-friendly day celebrating fathers. Check out the Wartime in Minnesota Family Day and create code-breaking wheel ciphers or get a Boom! Family Day Kit to make dad a vinyl tie he'd be proud to wear.
Book the One-Man Show: The Accidental Hero
Patrick Dewane tells his story of discovering the amazing hidden story of his own grandfather, a resistance fighter in the forests of Czechoslovakia during the war.
This week, the SELCO Legacy Review Committee allocated a total of $63,986 for 4 Library Legacy projects affecting 14 communities. Congratulations to this month's grant recipients!
Recipient(s)
Project Title
Description
Date
Amount Awarded
LaCrescent Public Library, with Community Education and Appleseed Community Theatre
Summer of the Arts
The Guthrie Theatre Group will visit LaCrescent and provide two seperate three-day workshops. A Shakespeare Workshop will be offered for students aged 11-17 and includes three days of acting, voice and movement training by experienced Gutherie actors. The Storytelling Workshop is for children aged 4-10 and helps build acting, voice and movement skills using fairy tales, myths, legends and stories of their own creation. The culmination of both workshops will be a public performance in the Fine Arts Center at the LaCrescent High School.
August 2-27, 2010
$10,600
Austin Public Library, with the Paramount Theater
Rose Ensemble Community Concert
The Rose Ensemble will perform a 50-minute evening concert at the Paramount Theater, in conjunction with an educational workshop at the library that same the afternoon (a SELCO Vetted Program). This performance hopes to encourage first-time concert-goers, particularly families with children. The workshop is titled "Music from the Land of 3 Faiths," featuring music from Medieval Spain, where Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in an intertwined society. This program will reflect the growing diversity in the Austin community, drawing on local interests and existing strong faith traditions.
This Rose Ensemble program will be free to the public and give Austin area residents an unparalleled opportunity to experience music that they would otherwise not hear in a concert venue that is normally beyond the financial means of many families in the community. The Rose Ensemble program is an excellent way to tap into the community's long standing interest in music as a way to enhance the ongoing dialogues on race, culture, and tolerance.
October 19, 2010
$5,245
Houston Community Garden, with Houston Nature Center and the Houston Public Library
Friday Night Food Films: Fresh the movie
The Houston Community Garden, a project of the Friends of the Houston Nature Center, will sponsor a monthly "Friday Night Food Film" to be shown in the band shell at the nature center. Films will be open to residents of Houston and surrounding communities. This grant will enable the Houston Public Library to purchase the public viewing rights for the film Fresh, one of four movies to be shown during this ongoing series.
"Food films" can be used to educate people about current issues with our food supply and encourage discussion of food choices and possible lifestyle changes. It is hoped that the films will encourage greater participation in the Houston community garden. Participants will encouraged to discuss ways in chich we can make changes locally and personally to improve our food supply and food choices. The film will then be made available to borrow from the Houston Public Library for continued viewing and future discussions.
June 11, 2010
$145
Great River Shakespeare Festival, with Winona Public Library, Rushford Public Library, Northfield Public Library, St. Charles Public Library, Caledonia Public Library, Austin Public Library, Houston Public Library, LaCrescent Public Library, Lake City Public Library, LeRoy Public Library, Rochester Public Schools, Rochester Public Library, Spring Grove Public Library, Zumbrota Public Library
GRSF Library Ticket Program
The Great River Shakespeare Festival (GRSF) is a professional, 501(c)3 organization with a core company of professional actors, directors, and designers that performs in the summer months in Winona, Minnesota. GRSF is committed to developing a sense of ownership between the Festival and its host community, as well as to expanding the Festival's regional and national audience.
The goal of the GRSF Library Ticket Program is to reduce or eliminate barriers to the Festival experience, thereby increasing access to the Festival's work for all Minnesotans and help fulfill the Festival's goal of increased participation in education and community outreach programs. The GRSF Library Ticket Program will bring quality arts programming to traditionally underserved audiences in 14 Minnesota communities. The Library Ticket Program removes financial barriers by offering either free tickets available for daily "checkout" through partnering libraries, or blocks of tickets and transportation to the Festival for those libraries that identify distance and ability to drive as barriers to access.
The GRSF Library Ticket Program will expand participation in three SELCO libraries that have implemented successful library ticket programs in previous seasons (Winona, Rushford and St. Charles), and extend the ticket program to eleven new libraries, serving a wide geographic area in the SELCO system (Austin, Caledonia, Houston, La Crescent, Lake City, LeRoy, Northfield, Rochester, the Rochester Public School Library, Spring Grove and Zumbrota). The Festival also intends to enhance the play going experience for Library Ticket Program participants by encouraging partnering libraries to schedule one or more GRSF workshops currently available through SELCO's Vetted Programs Catalog .
By offering tickets through participating libraries, the Festival makes it possible for library patrons and specifically targeted, underserved populations to attend the productions for free, providing arts access to the citizens of Minnesota in the spirit of the Legacy Amendment.
As you consider how to fill your calendar for the upcoming month - don't forget about MGG in the Libraries programming. This programming is designed for ease of use and is free to your library! Below, we've highlighted key dates and holidays in May, and offered suggestions for tie-in programs.
May
Saturday, May 8th: V-E Day is declared
Programming Ideas:
Bus Tour to the MGG Exhibit in St. Paul
Get your community on board for a day trip to the Minnesota Historical Society to see the Minnesota's Greatest Generation exhibit. Don't forget to book a History Player or leave time to visit the MHS library.
Trivia Contest Kit
Celebrate the end of the war in Europe with a spirited trivia contest covering the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
• Film Festival Kit
Hear the stories of those that survived the war and how they continued to inspire those around tem with innovation, creativity, and good works with the film festival "Looking Back: A Lifetime of Stories."
Sunday, May 9th: Mother's Day
Programming Ideas:
Film Festival Kit- Honor the women of the Greatest Generation by showing the film festival "Women of the Greatest Generation."
Have a Mother/Daughter Craft Afternoon
Check out the Wartime Craft Kit to make Scrap Fabric Pins, the Growing Up in the 1930s Craft Kit for Clothespin Dolls, or the Boom! Family Day Kit to create Vinyl Clutch Purses.
Host a Performance by Andrea Leap and Friends- Listen to the songs of WWII women with Leap's show "Songs She Sang Back Home."
Saturday, May 15th: Armed Forces Day
Programming Ideas:
Bus Tour to the MGG Exhibit in St. Paul
Get your community on board for a day trip to the Minnesota Historical Society to see the Minnesota's Greatest Generation exhibit. Don't forget to book a History Player or leave time to visit the MHS library.
Film Festival Kit
Honor those MGG members who fought by showing the film festival "WWII" that highlights the stories of Minnesotan's at war.
Book one of the many speakers featured in the MGG Catalog who can speak to Minnesotan's experiences in WWII.
May 29th- 31st: Memorial Day Weekend
Programming Ideas:
Wartime in Minnesota Kit
Offer a family friendly day honoring our WWII soldiers by offering educational activities, story times, and films about Minnesota's experience in the war. Consider collecting items or creating cards for current members of the armed forces as well!
Feature books written about the WWII experience by Minnesota authors like:
Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen, fiction, 1946
Never So Young Again by Dan Brennan, fiction, 1946
Remembering the Good War: Minnesota's Greatest Generation by Thomas Saylor, nonfiction, 2007
April 22, 2010 -- Plum Creek Library System has come up with wonderful publicity tools for the MN Author tour in SW Minnesota. Please click on the below links for examples:
April 22, 2010 -- Pioneerland Library Systemis happy to announce the launch of the Minnesota Authors Visit SW Minnesota Libraries presentation and book signing tour. The tour kicks off on May 1 at the Raymond Public Library and the Atwater Public Library and will end with the Minnesota Crime Waveon June 24 at the Canby Community Center. The tour will stop at 23 different locations. To see the tour poster, please click here.
April 22, 2010 -- The Minnesota State Arts Board and Minnesota's regional arts councils, in partnership with Springboard for the Arts and Creative Capital, are underwriting a pilot artist development project to offer professional development workshops and education opportunities statewide for individual artists of all disciplines and all stages in their careers. Thanks to support from the arts and cultural heritage fund, the workshops will be free of their regular cost to participants, but space is limited. Apply today!
All ten sessions of Springboard's Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists workshops are being presented in all eleven arts council regions in Minnesota, plus Creative Capital will present one-day intensives on strategic planning, public relations, funding your work, and the Internet.
For more information, a list of dates and locations, and instructions on how to apply, visit Springboard for the Arts.
Please share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Last week, the SELCO Legacy Review Committee allocated a total of $18,574 for 13 Library Legacy projects. 5 Vetted Programs were also approved. Congratulations to this month's grant recipients - remember, the next grant round deadline is Sunday, April 25! Vetted Programs can be applied for at any time and are awarded on a weekly basis.
Recipient(s)
Project Title
Description
Date
Amount Awarded
Buckham Memorial Library (Faribault)
Minnesota's Gangster Past: Land of 10,000 Crimes
Chad Lewis, author of "Minnesota Road Guide to Gangster Hot Spots", will present a program in the library's Great Hall about the lesser known activities of famous gangsters in Minnesota's past. Mr. Lewis, an author who writes books about Minnesota, is a very interesting speaker and covers the more unusual and sometimes bizarre subjects of Minnesota history. His dynamic talks include slides, and he often invites the audience to go out and find some of the places he talks about for themselves.
September 23, 2010
$250
Dodge County Licensed Child Care Assn., with the Dodge Center and West Concord Public Libraries
"Mike the Baker" by Mike Mann - Celebration for the Week of the Young Child & Child Abuse Prevention Week
The child care providers, librarians, and preschool teachers of Dodge County will host Mike Mann as "Mike the Baker." Mike will perform a storytelling presentation, followed by story time, face painting, temporary tattoos and the distribution of information about Early Literacy and Child Abuse Prevention. The event will be held at the Triton High School in Dodge Center. It will provide entertainment for the children and it will get information (about the importance of early literacy and prevention of child abuse) out to the parents. There will also be information available on agencies to get additional information.
April 17, 2010
$423
Freeborn County Historical Society, with the Freeborn County Genealogical Society and Albert Lea Convention & Visitors Bureau
Genealogical Crossroads Workshop
The Freeborn County Historical Society Library and the Freeborn County Genealogical Society are partnering to host a 2 day Genealogical Workshop to promote individuals to research, record and share their family history for future generations. There will be 7 speakers: Jay Fonkert, CG (Director, Association of Professional Genealogists); Tom Rice, CG (HeritageHunters.com); Mary Bakeman (Park Books); Linda Coffin (History Crafters); Linda Evenson (FCHS Librarian); Patricia Mulso (FCHS Executive Director and Genealogist); and Vickie Storlie (Genealogist).
August 28-29, 2010
$965
Kasson Public Library
Building Community Connections Through Collaboration
The Kasson Public Library (KPL) will partner with the Kasson-Mantorville High School architectural (CAD) class to design a larger, functional library facility using an existing vacant building. This design project is as an academic exercise for a hypothetical library design. After the Request for Design (RFD) has been announced, students will be given a list of needs to be incorporated in their designs for a functional library. They are advised to visit area libraries to observe how library space is utilized and how patrons use library services. The students are also advised to consult with the KPL director and a board trustee for additional guidance to be used in their designs as they are being developed. The student designs, when submitted, will be reviewed by the Library Director and the KPL Board of Trustees. Two designs will be chosen that best meet the needs of a larger, functional library and stipends will be awarded to the two students with the best designs. The stipends will be announced and the winning designs will be on display at the time of K-M's graduation ceremony (June 6, 2010). The winning designs will also be on public display at the library and other sites throughout the KPL service area during the summer of 2010.
Spring, 2010
$650
Lake City Public Library
CLIMB Theatre performance of "Stubby the Elephant"
The Lake City Public Library has engaged CLIMB Theatre, noted for using dramatic arts for building literacy and reading readiness, to perform "Stubby the Elephant" for the children of Lake City. The play is an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's fable, "The Elephant's Child." This will be a chance for at least 150 children and adults in a small, rural town, to experience the arts as performed by a metropolitan group. The children will also gain an appreciation of classic literature as demonstrated by their enthusiasm and involvement, which will be photographed. The performance will take place at the library which will provide correlating materials for the children to check out.
June 22, 2010
$550
Spring Grove Public Library, with the Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Festival of Quilts Show & Sale
The Spring Grove Public Library, in collaboration with the Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Spring Grove, will host a Festival of Quilts Show & Sale during the town's annual "UffDA Fest" in October 2010. The show will feature the artwork of area quilters and provide a venue for these local artisans to sell their work, creating awareness of quilting as a modern art form as well as an historical one. Author/quilter Jennifer Chiaverini of Madison, WI will hold an author talk, and Spring Grove resident Kay Capps Cross will host a professional quilter's presentation.
October, 2010
$10,000
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, with the Winona Public Library
A Gathering for Narnia
A gathering at the Winona Public Library will be held to celebrate the visit of Theatreworks USA's production of "The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe" at the Page Theatre on October 26, 2010. This will be a craft orientated program with SMU Teacher Education majors, developing craft-making projects for children from Kindergarten through 6th grade. They will develop different stations to create masks, simple costumes, and accessories based upon the characters from C. S. Lewis's novels. Families will register for a drawing to receive tickets to see the performance of "The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe" at the Page on Oct. 26. This drawing will be held at end of the event.
October 23-26, 2010
$1,387
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, with the Winona Public Library
A Gathering at the Waters
A nature inspired gathering will be held at the Winona Public Library on Saturday, October 9 to celebrate the visit to Winona on October 12 of the Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble at the Page Theatre. Ed Lagace, Park Ranger of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, will present a program exploring the connections of native peoples of the past and current residents of the region with the natural landscape of the region. There will be a sign up for a drawing to be held at the end of Mr. Legace's presentation for free tickets to the October 12 performance of the Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble at the Page Theatre.
October 9-12, 2010
$1,367
Wabasha Public Library, with Wabasha Community Education and the River Junction Arts Council
Children's Music and Show: Safari Band
This show will be an opportunity for children to experience a live band suited to their age group. The band dresses in costumes as animals with Safari guides. There is music with a variety of instruments and singing. It will be in the early evening on a weekend night to allow whole families, especially rural families to attend.
June 11, 2010
$617
Whalan Standstill Parade, with the Lanesboro Public Library
Eagle Education Program
Whalan will bring a new level of interest to their 15th "golden anniversary" of the Whalen Standstill Parade, attended by more than 1,500 visitors each year. A "nose-to-beak" eagle education program will be provided by the National Eagle Center (NEC). NEC staff and a live eagle will provide educational programming under four educational themes. Dedicated to environmental stewardship and community sustainability, the NEC delivers entertaining and educational programming to audiences of all ages. This program will add an extra special highlight to the day's festivities in downtown Whalan.
May 15, 2010
$680
Winona Public Library
Winona Reads!
Winona Reads! is a "One Community One Book" program designed to promote reading and literature through the experience of the community reading and discussing the same book at the same time. Winona has chosen *The Turtle Catcher*, by Minnesota author Nicole Helget. Three public discussions are scheduled; one each at the library, the senior center and the history center. The project ends with a "Meet the Author" event, giving readers a chance to ask questions of the author.
Spring, 2010
$1,000
Zumbrota Public Library
Pirate Storytelling
A pirate-themed storytelling summer reading program for families and children age 2-10.
June 23, 2010
$300
Zumbrota Public Library
Splish Splash Science! By Mad Scientist of Iowa Plus+
Mad Science tackles the imagination of young readers by engaging in Impact Shows, designed to match the summer reading program theme, "Make a Splash at your Library!". The show will draw from the likes of water optical illusions, and other science-based themes dealing with water.
As the Minnesota Historical Society prepares to roll-out a series of traveling exhibits over the next few years, we would like to ensure that these exhibits are able to best serve your library communities. Please ask a representative from each of the libraries in your region to fill out this short online survey. The more we learn about libraries and their exhibition capabilities, the better we will be able to design exhibits that work for these unique spaces.
April 20, 2010 -- Plum Creek Library System is happy to announce the launch of the Minnesota Authors Visit SW Minnesota Libraries author presentation and book signing tour. The tour started on April 17 at the Wabasso Public Library and will end June 17, 2010 at the Nobles County Library. The tour, featuring 13 Minnesota authors, will stop at 16 libraries around SW Minnesota. To see the tour brochure, please click here. To see the tour poster, please click here.
April 20, 2010 -- Greetings! I'm happy to announce the Poetic Strokes judging panel selected 42 poems by 30 regional poets to be published in the 2010 Poetic Strokes anthology. To see a list of the winners, please click here.
During the contest, a total of 280 poems were submitted by 118 poets from 30 towns in all 11 SELCO counties. The anthology will be published and copies will be distributed shortly.
Arrowhead Library System has many poetry programs scheduled during April. One attendee at the poetry reading in Two Harbors commented that this is the first time she had attended any library events, other then children's programs when her kids were small.
Here's a poster about the thriving Library and Museum Pass Program in the Arrowhead Library System. During February and March they checked out over 11,000 museum and historical society passes!
April 8, 2010 -- Pioneerland Library System is happy to present the "Read a Latte" Minnesota Author Tour. The Tour started off in Hutchinson and Montevideo on March 20 and will end in Hector on June 15. Click here to see the list of events!
April 7, 2010 -- SELCO has created Legacy Outcomes for MOA's Underwater Adventures program tailored to this year's Summer Reading Program theme, Make a Splash @ Your Library. Minnesota elements have been incorporated into this program, including a hands-on experience with Minnesota and freshwater animal artifacts. Please click on the below link to view the Legacy Outcomes.
An Adult Survey and a Children's Before & After Survey were also created for the Underwater Adventures program to ensure outcomes for the program are met. Please see those evaluation tools below:
April 7, 2010 -- Yesterday, April 6, was the official launch date for Northwest Regional Library's (NWRL) 7 Authors - 7 Libraries - 7 Weeks Library Legacy program. NWRL has a new video publicizing this grand event April - May 2010.
Will Weaver spotlighted the inaugural 7 Authors - 7 Libraries - 7 Weeks. Activities began at the Hallock School offering a middle school workshop entitled "Making Fictional Characters Come Alive", followed by time with a local a writers' group at City Hall over lunch and the finale for the day was "What's YOUR Story?" at the library in the evening, including a book signing.
Future events will include:
April 14 Ian Graham Leask
April 27 Pat Dennis
May 6 William Durbin
May 11 William Kent Krueger
May 17 John Rosengren
May 19 Mary Casanova
For a complete listing of authors, libraries and program details, including media press kits for each of the 7 authors, check the NWRL website.
April 7, 2010 -- Here is a PDF with information about a few recently completed Library Legacy projects in the SELCO region. These events were funded from our Art & Culture Live : Community Collaboration program.
Club Book is generating rave reviews and great excitement as nationally known, bestselling and award winning authors who might normally be heard only in large venues will travel to libraries throughout the seven-county metro area. Club Book even boasts its own website.
April 6, 2010 -- Traverse des Sioux Library System (TdS) and member libraries are excited to present the Storytellers Series, funded by a grant from the Arts, and Cultural Heritage Fund. For more details, check the recent article in the Mankato Free Press.
April 2, 2010 -- Libraries in southern Minnesota have asked SELCO to provide a "turnkey" approach to programming, where the artist selection, coordination and other details have been predetermined. SELCO's Vetted Programs have been designed for the benefit of our member libraries with less staff time to dedicate to individual programming plans. The application process is simple and applications will be reviewed weekly by SELCO staff for quick turnover.
Each of the Vetted Artists have been contracted to provide SELCO libraries with a variety of program offerings, suitable for both children and adult audiences. In hosting a SELCO Vetted Program, the library receive promotional materials and outcome measurement tools necessary to hold a successful event.
April 1, 2010 -- Great River Regional Library (GRRL) is presenting a series of programs and exhibits about the experiences of Minnesotans in WWII called "War & The North Star: Minnesotans Experience WWII." This series of presentations and exhibits about the experiences of Minnesotans in WWII will visit each of the 32 Great River Regional Library (GRRL) branches. The first stop, including speakers, a display and the Buseum will be at St. Cloud Public Library on Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The mobile Buseum museum and its "Behind Barbed Wire: Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany" exhibit will visit each library. Learn about the experiences of Midwest soldiers and airmen captured as prisoners of war who were imprisoned in Hitler's Third Reich, and the human context in which their experiences took place.
The exhibits and speakers are organized by TRACES, a non-profit educational organization created to gather, preserve and present stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during WWII.
This program is funded with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota in 2008 which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage. For detailed information, including a schedule of events, click here.
March 31, 2010 -- As you consider how to fill your calendar for the upcoming month - don't forget about MGG in the Libraries programming. This programming is designed for ease of use and is free to your library! Below, we've highlighted key dates and holidays in April, and offered suggestions for tie-in programs. Specifically for April:
Friday April 2nd: International Children's Book Day
Programming Ideas:
Feature children's books written during the 30s, 40s, and 50s by Minnesota authors like Wanda Ga'g and Emma L. Brock
Feature children's books written about the 30s, 40s, and 50s
Prairie Train by Marsha Wilson Chall, 2003
Potato: A Tale of the Great Depression by Kate Lied, 1997
Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson, 2007
Thursday, April 22nd: Earth Day
Programming Ideas:
Lecture: Barbara W. Sommer, Author of Hard Work and a Good Deal
Learn how members of the Minnesota CCC planted trees, improved parks, and shaped outdoor recreation for future residents
On the Home Front Family Day Kit
Check out the kit from your region's headquarters and have a day of decorating seed packets, recycling scraps into new fashion accessories, and reading books about Victory Gardens.
Feature books written during the 30s, 40s, and 50s by Minnesota authors that celebrate the Minnesota's natural wonders
Salute to Spring and Other Stories by Meridel Le Sueur, non-fiction, 1940
Minnesota: A State Guide prepared by the Works Progress Administration, non-fiction, 1938
Canoeing with the Cree by Arnold Eric Sevareid, non-fiction, 1935
Books by Sigurd Olson or Francis Lee Jaques and Florence Page Jaques
Suggestions from Maren Levad, Minnesota Historical Society Statewide Library Legacy Coordinator
March 31, 2010 -- Great River Regional Library (GRRL) uses the Adult form for events that are primarily for teens/adults such as author visits, art workshops, Guthrie classes, and concerts. They use the Children's version for the Minnesota Zoo visits and art workshops for kids. GRRL reports having received many positive comments via these forms, and also helpful suggestions (a complaint is a gift!) and the GRRL Communications Department has been able to use some of the data collected as well, for example in response to the question, "How did you learn about this program?".
March 16, 2010 -- The Regional Library partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) offers local libraries and community members unique opportunities to collect, preserve, share and learn about the stories of Minnesota's Greatest Generation (MGG). This is exciting news and people around the state want to know about it! To help get the word out, a marketing expert, Suzanne Fedoruk, created publicity, marketing information and templates for the MGG programming specifically for libraries. Everything was developed with ease and simplicity in mind and can be found in the MGG How-To Guide for Promoting your Programs.
March 16, 2010 -- The State Librarian, Suzanne Miller, presented a mid-project report to the State of Minnesota and the Minnesota Legislature on the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding for Regional Public Library Systems. In addition to the printed report, the Cultural and Outdoor Resources Finance Division in the Minnesota House of Representatives, chaired by Representative Mary Murphy (06B) with Ranking Minority Member, Representative Greg Davids (31B) took testimony on March 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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:
March 12, 2010 -- The SELCO Legacy Review Committee allocated a total of $11,611 for four Library Legacy projects as part of their Arts and Culture Live! initiative. The next grant round deadline is March 25, 2010. The SELCO website offers more detailsabout the specific programs, as well a complete list of grant materials.
March 11, 2010 -- A new artistic presentation by Traverse des Sioux Library System (TdS) entitled Storytellers will bring three notable individuals to the area to discuss their lives, contributions and experiences in a variety of fields appealing to a wide range of interests. The TdS Storytellers will be: Harmon Killebrew, Annie Griffiths Belt, and Jeannette Walls.
March 10, 2010 -- Arrowhead Library System hosted dance programs around the region as their inaugural series of Arts and Cultural Heritage events. Check the YouTube video with Terrence Smith calling an intergenerational folk dance in Babbit, Minnesota.
In addition to the folk dancing events, ALS has also sponsored musical performances by students of the Perpich Center for the Arts, as well as 11 concerts by the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and just launched their Library and Museum/Events Pass Program. ALS shared information with area legislators on Library Legislative Day, February 24 about each of these Library Legacy services and a brief examples of individual project outcomes.
The Minnesota Historical Society, in partnership with the CRPLSA, is proud to release the Minnesota's Greatest Generation in the Libraries Catalog. With much anticipation, the catalog is the graphic presentation of the start of a beautiful partnership that will bring quality programs to libraries and communities - large and small - throughout Minnesota. The offerings include music, theater, speakers, workshops, intergenerational programming materials and support for communities electing a "do-it-yourself" approach.
CRPLSA/MHS project coordinators, Ginny Brodeen and Maren Levad, will serve as the point of contact and booking agents for the Regional Library Systems and local libraries interested in scheduling just one or several programs described in the MGG in the Library Catalog. The Regional Library Systems will distribute the Catalog to area libraries and encourage library staff and coordinating volunteers to start booking. The kits (described on page 9) are being assembled and should arrive at the Regional Library offices by early April.
February 24, 2010 -- Evaluation is an integral component in the planning for Library Legacy programming. The CRPLSA/MHS project coordinators, Ginny Brodeen and Maren Levad, have crafted an evaluation template for the Family Day Kit. Additional evaluation forms are in development and, while they will be similar to the Family Kit template, each evaluation will be tailored to different outcomes or project goals. Still to come will be evaluation forms for the intergenerational programming kits, the film series, MGG speakers, musicians and theatrical presentations. There are also more intensive pre and post surveys for the workshops in development. The Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF) adheres to an overarching principle that programming must be rooted "in principles that guarantee the greatest positive impact with as many Minnesotans as possible" and this includes those funds assigned to the Regional Library systems. To this end, Library Legacy programming, projects and exhibits will include measurable outcomes.
The Minnesota Historical Societyand CRPLSA issued a joint press release on February 23, 2010 announcing a new partnership forged with Legacy funds and launching Minnesota's Greatest Generation in the Libraries. Statewide media outlets were alerted to a collaboration that will bring proven programming to libraries throughout Minnesota. Libraries are encouraged to add their logo to the press release and share with local newspapers, radio and television stations.
February 23, 2010 -- Last week, the SELCO Legacy Review Committee allocated a total of $66,083 for 18 Library Legacy projects. A wide variety of proposals were funded, including author talks, music and dance performances, theatre workshops and more! For a complete list of recipients, project titles and grant amounts, check the SELCO website.
February 23, 2010 -- Work continues at a record pace to offer local libraries opportunities to experience the Minnesota Historical Society's (MHS) latest major exhibit, Minnesota's Greatest Generation. The collaborative venture will produce a catalog of offerings including musical performances, oral history workshops, and intergenerational programming assistance. The statewide Library Legacy activities, funded with Arts and Cultural Heritage (ACHF) includes a multi-pronged approach and draws on the resources of a variety of individuals and resources.
*Minnesota Regional Libraries and Minnesota Historical Society Legacy Partnership*gbrodeen@ gmail.com
Ginny Brodeen - CRPLSA/MHS Library Coordinator Maren Levad - MHS Library Partnership Coordinator
Wendy Jones - MHS Head of Museum and Education Services
Susan Fedoruk - Fedoruk & Associates, Inc., Public Relations and Marketing
February 3, 2010 -- Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) invites you to join other arts advocates at the Minnesota History Center and State Capitol on March 2, 2010 to talk about the arts, make new friends, and educate our legislators about the importance of the arts to Minnesota. Artists and arts supporters from across the state will join together and speak about the importance of the arts in our lives and communities.
Arts Advocacy Day Schedule March 2, 2010
7:30 a.m. Meet at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
8:00 a.m. Advocacy Class for new attendees
8:00 a.m. Registration & Coffee
8:30 a.m. Advocacy Seminar & Join your team
9:30 a.m. Walk or ride to Capitol
9:30-1:00 p.m. Legislator appointments
You and your team will be led by an experienced advocate who has participated in past Advocacy Days and knows what to do. Your team will visit a series of legislators during the course of the day, giving you plenty of time to get to know your teammates and the issues you are discussing.
By working together we show the strength of Minnesota's arts community. Your elected officials are your voice in government: let them know what you think!
January 29, 2010 -- Charlene Hudgins, the new Lake Agassiz Regional Library (LARL) Legacy Project Coordinator, has been on the road and, weather permitting, by the end of this week, she will have visited all 23 of LARL service locations, 13 branch libraries and 10 LINK Sites.
LARL's first program will be February 2, 2010 when Norwegian author/storyteller Lise Lunge-Larsen (known as "The Troll Lady") from Duluth visits the Moorhead Library and speaks to several developmental psychology classes at Concordia College.
The end of March, Minnesota author William Durbin will speak at the Moorhead Library and visit all 6th grade classes at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead.
April will bring musher/explorer/author Pam Flowers to the Barnesville, Breckenridge, Detroit Lakes, and Moorhead schools and libraries.
Minnesota History Day is being expanded in the region. Horizon Middle School (Moorhead) will bus a total of 120 students to the Moorhead Library on January 28th. Library staff will be giving tours, talking about primary sources, and searching the LARL catalog. On February 9th and 11th, groups of up to 60 students from Hawley School will be touring the Moorhead Library to learn about History Day resources and how to use the library.
The Minnesota Humanities Center grant LARL received to host "Authors in Communities" programs in Crookston, Detroit Lakes and Mahnomen is being expanded with Legacy dollars. The first program, April 26-28, 2010, will be a residency in Crookston by Minnesota author/poet Ray Gonzalez. He will do a poetry reading at the library and speak to students and both the Crookston High School and University of Minnesota - Crookston.
January 29, 2010 -- Northwest Regional Library (NWRL) Legacy Programs will be marketed under a "Journey" theme and has a full year of activities planned.
Winter 2010 with programs in all seven NWRL libraries on a theme of literary arts
January -e-Publishing Workshops
February - Greg Breining -Ice fishing
March - Lorna Landvik
Spring 2010 in Roseau with an expanded theme of literary arts; history; and visual arts
May - Hosting a two day Writer's Conference. Based on information gathered from participants of the e-Publishing Workshops, initial plans fror the workshop will include: fiction, poetry and biography. Local high school students will be invited to participate along with adults.
Summer 2010 will focus on art and history sessions in the seven NWRL libraries
August - Two day Camps for Grades 2 -8. Topics will include historic crafts with support from the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS), theater, preserving family history, pottery, architecture, puppets, interpret music, and others topics still in development.
Fall 2010 in seven libraries using the family history and Minnesota's Greatest Generation
A major component will include the Minnesota Greatest Generation being organized by MHS and CRPLSA, as well as learning how to preserve their own family history through media, electronic (scanning/electronic scrapbooks); journaling, etc.
January 28, 2010 -- East Central Regional Library (ECRL) hired Cortney Walbridge as their new Library Legacy Project Coordinator. Walbridge holds a degree in art and business (a perfect combination for the Arts and Cultural Heritage activities) as well as being enthusiastic about ECRL and statewide Legacy activities.
January 28, 2010 -- Traverse des Sioux Library System (TdS) has awarded approximately 30 grants to the tune of just under $40,000 for a broad range of programs. At a regional level, given the lack of planning time available within this fiscal year, TdS is pursuing a series of "big name" speakers.
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