Arts Learning
Arts Learning
Bringing four introductory creative writing courses to state prisons in the Metro Area.
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.
Erica Lee: Education; Maya Weisinger: Community development, community education, marketing; Linda Scott: Artistic, education; Crystal Brinkman: Youth programming, artistic; Christian Novak: Fundraising, marketing; Nadine Sehnert: Youth programming, artistic; Mike Newman: Education, organizational development; Heather Beal: Fundraising, audience development, organizational planning.
ACHF Arts Education
We will provide 4 high quality introductory creative writing classes at Metropolitan Area prisons and recruit 48 (12 per class) students. At least 75% of students will report that their class taught them to be a better writer, and that they feel that they have the tools [they] need to continue writing after this class is over, and that they are better writer[s] as a result of this class. Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop instructors and the advisory committee will track course enrollment. At the beginning and end of each class, Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop instructors will administer class evaluations to assess students' receptiveness to and comfort with creative writing, as well as instructor effectiveness, along several metrics, with space provided for qualitative feedback, as well.
97% of students reported that they were "better able to imagine the inner life of another person after this class", which exhibits the building of empathy, a very important part of arts education. Nine of the 39 students are continuing their writing through MPWW's mentor program, evidence that their class helped instill in them an ongoing habit of art.
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