Arts Access
Arts Access
Cantus will work with Voices of Hope, comprising incarcerated women, to program, rehearse, and perform a concert at Shakopee's correctional facility and will stream the final concert.
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.
Bruce Berglund: Author; professor; Fulbright recipient; Rachel Carlson: Poet, novelist; nominated for Minnesota Book Award; Shantel Dow: Executive director, Reif Center; Zoe Malinchoc: Bookseller, Fair Trade Books, Red Wing; Sheldon Theatre board member; Sherrie Pugh: Retired community economic developer and philanthropy administrator; Minnesota African American Museum volunteer; Pamela Ransom: Executive director, Incredible Ely; Aamera Siddiqui: Playwright and performer; coartistic director, Exposed Brick Theatre; Nathaniel Wunrow: Proposal writer, bibliotheca; former Walker staff, St Paul Art Collective board
ACHF Arts Access
By sharing its approach to programming, Cantus offers a safe space for VOH to tell their stories in song and access to a platform with which to do so. After the final concert, VOH participants and Cantus will complete surveys and participate in a roundtable meeting to assess efficacy. Quantitative success may be measured by the number of online viewers for the final concert. 2: In monthly rehearsals, Cantus provides VOH with technical support (i.e. tonal blend, vowel-matching, etc.) to bolster confident arts participation. Cantus will hold a pre-project workshop with VOH singers and conductor to understand the needs of VOH, and each subsequent rehearsal will end with a 360-degree feedback session to ensure Cantus stays on track as VOH furthers its artistic ownership.
Cantus supported VOH in telling their stories with song and provided access to a broader forum for their music. VOH's conductor gathered qualitative feedback from members in a post-project evaluation meeting. Cantus also monitored attendance at the Westminster TownTalk in Minneapolis and the online audience who watched via livestream of the panel discussion. 2: VOH ensemble members developed both their musicianship and their confidence. Cantus solicited feedback from VOH members directly in post-rehearsal meetings. Feedback gathered in the post-project evaluation meeting - which was intentionally discussed without Cantus present - also provided valuable metrics.
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