Arts Access
Arts Access
ArtReach Saint Croix will collaborate with area state park naturalists to take the show on the road through a mobile art gallery and pop-up performance venue, inviting the region's most rural residents to experience art in the landscape.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Catherine Belleveau: Founder and artistic director, Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective; Rhonda Dass: Associate professor of anthropology and director of museum studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Horslev Gilbert: Community outreach director, Holmes Theatre; McKayla Murphy: Program resources specialist at Girl Scouts River Valleys; dance instructor and program coordinator; Simon Sperl: Director of corporate and foundation relations. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities; Chelsea Unold: Free Arts progam manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Twin Cities; Julio Zelaya: Greater Minnesota Racial Justice Project Coordinator with the American Civil Liberties Union
ACHF Arts Access
The rural residents will have a greater awareness of the working artists and the arts activities that are in their immediate area. An onsite survey will ask rural residents what inspired them to attend, what other arts activities they have participated in recently, and if they know any artists in their area. 2: The audience will feel surprise and delight when experiencing the Mobile Art Gallery and Pop-up Performances. Here the evaluation questions will be: In what ways did you observe the Mobile Art Gallery connecting people to the arts. And, in what ways did it deepen the person's connection to this place.
The rural residents will have a greater awareness of the working artists and the arts activities that are in their immediate area. Gallery staffers asked rural residents how they heard about the exhibition/concert. Gallery staffers engaged visitors in conversation about the artists on exhibit and asked if they know other area artists. 2: The audience will feel surprise and delight when experiencing the Mobile Art Gallery and Pop-up Performances. Outside evaluator observed visitors interacting with the exhibition and concert. She asked visitors about their experience with the Mobile Art Gallery and asked if/how it changed their connection with place.
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