Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Somali-Minnesota Poets Corner
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayala: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Vice President for Advancement; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of MN Founder and Executive Director; See More Perspective: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach St. Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter, LLP Attorney; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Deanna StandingCloud: Tiwahe Foundation Program and Community Network Director; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade: Stage Technical Designer and Director.
Alejandra Tobar Alatriz: Artistic, Community Service, Development, Organizational Development; Alison Goetzman: Volunteerism, Finance, General Administration; Anton Jones: Artistic, Education, Community Service, Development; Christopher Bineham: General Management, Administration, Fundraising, Artistic; Dana Mattice: General Administration, Fundraising, Artistic; Emily Cole-Jones: Fundraising, Artistic, Youth Programming; Lara Cornell: Education, General Administration, Organizational Development; Yang Mee Moua Yang: Education, Disabilities Specialist, Artistic.
ACHF Arts Access
The Somali-Minnesota Poets Corner will produce twenty quality English translations of Somali poetry by two different poets, which will be submitted for publication in literary journals. It will also provide a creative space for Somali youth and bridge Somali and non-Somali literary communities, which will occur through seven poetry workshops for 70 young people in Somali and non-Somali communities and a reading featuring volunteer student and translated work. The Somali-Minnesota Poets Corner will produce twenty quality English translations of Somali poetry, which will be submitted for publication in literary journals. If fewer than twenty poems have been translated by December, the program's structure and viability will be reassessed. The caliber of the translated work will be evaluated by tracking how many translated poems are accepted for publication in literary journals. The Somali-Minnesota Poets Corner will also provide a creative space for Somali youth and bridge Somali and non-Somali literary communities, which will occur through seven poetry workshops for 70 young people in Somali and non-Somali communities and a reading featuring volunteer student and translated work. This outcome will be measured by assessing student enrollment in the workshops, attendance at the reading, and surveys administered to participants regarding their experience with the program.
One significant outcome was that 20 poems were translated into English by 2 poets. These have also been submitted for publication. Another significant outcome was that 90% of students indicated excitement about continuing engagement with poetry beyond the workshop. Finally, our audience surveys showed that 80% of people from outside the Somali community learned about a new artistic tradition.
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