Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Urban Arts Academy will partner with COMPAS to engage twenty south Minneapolis Latinx high school youth in a ten session, twenty hour workshop series in Aztec/Nahuatl dance and culture led by Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue. The workshops will culminate in two community events.
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.
Shamso Ahmed: Henna artist; community organizer; Jose Alvillar Hinojosa: Artist and educator; Paul Dahlin: Swedish American fiddler honored by the NEA; Mary Ellen Halverson: Lead quilter with Arts Board grantee Evening Star Quilters; Peggy Korsmo-Kennon: COO, American Swedish Institute; Rita Mustaphi: Founder and artistic director, Katha Dance Theatre. Choreographer, dancer, and educator.; Lucia Pawlowski: Assistant professor of English and cultural studies at St. Thomas; Kari Tauring: Nordic musician and educator; Arts Board grantee; Gene Yang: Active participant in Hmong cultural activities in Walnut Grove; school paraprofessional; Leah Yellowbird, Artist; Arts Board grantee
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Latinx high schoolers will increase understanding of the cultural significance of Aztec/Nahuatl Dance, including its connection to their own heritage. Pre/post surveys, designed by UA's professional evaluator, will document knowledge/skill gains. Group reflections will encourage youth to identify program connections to their own cultural experience. 2: Latinx high school youth will develop new artistic skills in Aztec/Nahuatl Dance, including the creation and use of traditional regalia. Program records will document participation. Post-participation surveys and staff observations will document knowledge and skill gains. COMPAS evaluations will help assess the project.
100% of the youth achieved that outcome. Surveys/group reflections/attendance/conversations with staff and artists. 2: 100% of the youth achieved that outcome. Participation attendance/surveys/products of what they accomplished and made.
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