Arts Access
Arts Access
MacRostie Art Center will partner with Itasca Life Options to build capacity in its multidisciplinary art program for adults with developmental disabilities.
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
MacRostie Art Center will expand its ability to deliver quality arts programming to people with disabilities by training more teaching artists. Training teaching artists will document their lesson plans and be evaluated by mentor artists, staff, and program participants. They will also engage in pre/post surveys about their expectations and experiences in the program. 2: Adults with developmental disabilities will have access to experiences with new sensory-friendly art mediums. We will track mediums explored, materials used, and skills shared and will photograph artworks created for documentation. Participants will provide feedback on their experiences with new mediums.
Outcome 1: MacRostie Art Center expanded its ability to deliver quality arts programming to people with disabilities by training more teaching artists. Teaching artist trainees shared their lesson plans and were evaluated by mentor artists, staff, and program participants. They also provided feedback about their expectations and experiences in the program. Outcome 2: Adults with developmental disabilities had access to experiences with new sensory-friendly art mediums. We tracked mediums explored, materials used, and skills shared and photographed artworks created for documentation. Participants provided feedback on their experiences with new mediums.
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