Arts Learning
Arts Learning
In collaboration with Somali American photographer and visual storyteller, Mohamud Mumin, Ubah Medical Academy will provide 70 youth from East African immigrant communities with inspiring learning experiences in photographic expression and enriching exposure to postsecondary education in the visual arts.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Julie Ahasay: Director and actor, Duluth Playhouse; retired faculty member, University of Minnesota Duluth; Melissa Cuff: Director of development, marketing and communications for Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa; Caitlin Drayna: Director of bands, Minnewaska Area High School; principal trombonist, Central Lakes Symphony; Larry Gavin: Poet; teacher at Faribault high school; Carla-Elaine Johnson: Poet and nonfiction writer; faculty member, Saint Paul College; Jeffrey Prauer: Former executive director of MRAC and COMPAS; trombonist; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Vocalist; cofounder of Minnesota Global Arts and Global Knowledge Through Cultural Awareness
ACHF Arts Education
Seventy East African youth gain enhanced skills in artistic expression via photography. Data about participants' demographics; and pre- and post-assessments of participants' learning and perspectives about art, postsecondary education, their own artwork, and themselves as artists. 2: Seventy East African youth gain a stronger self-assurance of belonging in the arts community and postsecondary education. Data about participants' demographics; and pre- and post-assessments of participants' learning and perspectives about art, postsecondary education, their own artwork, and themselves as artists.
Ninety-two East African youth gain enhanced skills in artistic expression via photography. Data about participants' demographics; and pre- and post-assessments of participants' learning and perspectives about art, postsecondary education, their own artwork, and themselves as artists. 2: Ninety-two East African youth gain a stronger self-assurance of belonging in the arts community and postsecondary education. Data about participants' demographics; and pre- and post-assessments of participants' learning and perspectives about art, postsecondary education, their own artwork, and themselves as artists.
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