The Mount Vernon Fine Arts Association (MVFAA) provides financial support and volunteer resources for the district’s music, visual arts, and performing arts programs, curricular support for preschool through 12th grade, co-curricular and extracurricular activities, including general art, music, choir, band, speech, and theater programming at our elementary, middle, and high schools.
DID YOU KNOW? Fine Arts classes are so popular students are frequently enrolled in more than one at a time. The numbers say it all: MOUNT VERNON STUDENTS LOVE THE ARTS!
Mount Vernon’s Fine Arts programs are not only popular, they are excellent, and our competitive ratings show it. Our band, chorus, and orchestra programs consistently earn #1 ratings; it is truly extraordinary that a district of our size has music programs that earn such honors. Our talented art students are producing beautiful and varied works which have received recognition at local, state, and national levels. We all get the privilege of enjoying diverse performances offered throughout the year by our speech and theater groups.
If you have questions about how to participate, please contact President Crystal Shannon at (319) 389-2028 or via email at css4kids@msn.com.
MVFAA Board Members
President: Crystal Shannon
Vice President: Jen Stanerson
Treasurer: Jackie Morrical
Secretary: Kim Schwiebert
Ways & Means: Sherene Player
School Board Liaison: Denise Brannaman
At large: Julie Baty, Julie Baumler, Sheila Wallace, Lynnaya Bunch, Brenda Bany, Meredith Voight, Mike Owen, Jen Hoffman
Meeting Dates and Time
MVFAA meets one time per month on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 pm in the Performing Arts Center lobby at the High School.
2020-2021 Meeting Dates
October 6, 2020
November 3, 2020
December 1, 2020
January 5, 2021
February 2, 2021
March 2, 2021
April 6, 2021
May 4, 2021
Fine Arts Faculty
| Department | Faculty Name |
|---|---|
| Band | Scott Weber |
| Color Guard | Elise Rodenberg |
| General Music | Kristi Keast, Kristin Anderson |
| Individual Speech | Tawnua Tenley, Grant Freeman |
| Large Group Speech | Tawnua Tenley, Grant Freeman |
| Orchestra | Tabitha Rasmussen |
| Theatre Artistic Director | Tom Stephens |
| Theatre Technical Director | |
| Visual Arts | Sarah Fitzgerald, Mark Benesh, Bonnie Ahrens |
| Vocal Music | Thad Wilkins |