Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Little Earth Arts Collective Arts and Activism Workshops.
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.
Carol Sirrine: Artistic, education, youth programming; Levi Weinhagen: Artistic, audience development/marketing, youth programming; Yumi Inomata: General management/administration, volunteerism, education; Pete Driessen: Artistic, education, community education; Barry Kleider: Artistic, education; Bob Olsen: General management/administration, organizational development/planning, fundraising; Dana LeMoine: Artistic, youth programming, community education; Carol Barnett: Artistic, education; Cross Cross: Education, youth programming, community education; Lann Briel: Artistic, audience development/marketing, general administration.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Greg Nielsen (651) 645-0402
ACHF Arts Education
Twelve Native youth (ages 14-21) will each participate in 80% or more of the ten workshop sessions, and every participant will have to at least try every medium presented. The majority (50% or more) of participants will challenge themselves to ask for help and guidance in their art process from at least one of the guest artists, participate in discussions around issues of concern to themselves and their peers, and will feel empowered to share issues of concern with the greater community using the creative tools and processes they learn in the workshops. We will keep attendance records of each session to measure participation as well as pre- and post- surveys to measure participants' comfort/growth on stated qualitative outcomes. A talking circle will also be held to engage the students in a more culturally responsive dialogue surrounding their feelings and growth on the stated outcomes and the overall program for future programming.
We had 8-16 students every session. 8 students participated 100% of the time, and the others had at least 80% participation. Their growth was visible; they were more comfortable in the spaces they were in, the art mediums, and communicating to our partners. In surveying our students, they expressed their desire for further programming exploring the arts and their personal narratives.
Other, local or private