Arts Legacy Project Planning
Arts Legacy Project Planning
Ability-focused Mural by Presbyterian Family Foundation.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, Southwest Minnesota Weaver’s Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, board member for Litchfield Community Education, exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County.
ACHF Arts Access
One artist will increase skills to produce murals using an emerging technique through the project, to be completed by January 31, 2019. 180 people with intellectual disabilities will participate in arts development and programming through this project by January 31, 2019. Presbyterian Family Foundation will create a one test mural that is inspired by and created by people with intellectual disabilities that is visible and valued in the community by January 31, 2019. For this planning grant, participation (counts) will be tracked through sign in forms at the design sessions and during the painting events. Project satisfaction during the design sessions and the painting of the mural will be gained from participants using an interactive method where they will drop a specific object into one of two vessels that will signify satisfaction with the project or dissatisfaction with the project. Participant follow-up will occur with 10-15 people using a short interview model. This will be adjusted by the person interviewing based on the cognitive abilities of the person being interviewed. This will inform the future project.
121 participants in the project. Using the two-bowl/bead system, we had one person enter a bead into the NOT FUN bowl, the other 43 beads entered were in the FUN bowl. Of the participants interviewed, 37 of 37 were excited about the painting process and participating in the project. None expressed dislike for the activity.
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