Community Arts
Community Arts
HUSHpodcast Funding for students in grades six through twelve to write the scripts, compose music, create sound effects, act in roles, and produce original episodes for a sci-fi radio drama called HUSHpodcast. During the winter/spring trimester of 2017, students will create four 22 minute episodes that will be aired on the radio show Voices in the Valley before being uploaded as the next four episodes in the HUSHpodcast series.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Mary Jo Lewis: Artistic, administration; Nancy Anderson: Administration; Mary Beth King: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Sarah Wiechmann: Education, community education, youth programming; Tim Cooper: Artistic, computer systems, finance; Mandy Meisner: Audience development, artistic, fundraising; Sue Morgan: Artistic, volunteerism; Jeff Ambroz: Artistic, fundraising, administration; Florence Brammer: Administration.
ACHF Arts Access
Secondary students will write, perform and produce four podcasts to be experienced by an intergenerational audience through iTunes and local radio. Surveys should reflect that both professional artists and students gained artistic inspiration and skills from the joint endeavor and that they desire to continue the production and feel empowered to mentor others with what they've learned. We will track audience engagement through the number of episodes downloaded and the analytics of our website, digital flyers and social media. Also, student/artist surveys and feedback will help us determine the level of learning and the number of students willing to share with other students what they've learned.
The most important outcome has been nurturing young artists to express their creativity as a collaborative team. Student surveys resulted in a score of 9 out 10, with several students saying they liked “Everything!” about the experience. Parent surveys scored at 9.5 saying they liked “My kids enthusiasm to have an outlet to express their creativity in a healthy, safe and inclusive space.”
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