Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
The City of Minneapolis will host Mexico based folk master artists to pass down Mexican traditional art forms to local artists through the Cultural Districts artist in residency program which will culminate with a community celebration honoring these traditions.
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.
Anne Adabra: Founder and chair, Minnesota Haitian Cultural Center; social studies teacher; dancer and storyteller; Carol Colburn: Teacher and researcher, Scandinavian garment making; Rhonda Dass: Professor of anthropology, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Lesly Gámez: Teacher, St Paul Public Schools. Dancer, Los Alegres Bailadores; Sarina Partridge: Educator and musician; Mai Vang: Founder of Hmong Museum; collections manager at Minnesota Museum of American Art; Gwen Nell Westerman Wasicuna: Poet and fiber artist
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Four artists will gain new knowledge and increase their practice of Mexican traditional art forms to acquire a knowledge level otherwise inaccessible. Residency participants will complete reflections and exit interviews to document skills shared and learned. Mexican master artists will provide an assessment of the progress each local artist made towards dexterity in the Mexican folk art forms. 2: Minnesota communities will renew their connection to cultural artistic traditions interrupted by migration and invigorate the Latino creative economy. The City's Office of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy and the Latino Economic Development Center will measure community impact through surveys, interviews, and tracking cultural economy indicators to capture knowledge and cultural resiliency gained.
Eight apprentices strongly agreed they enjoyed the experience and gained new knowledge and skills that is otherwise inaccessible. Apprentices completed exit surveys, eight ranked and six short answer questions. Mexican artists were interviewed and completed exit surveys, nine ranked and seven short answer questions. 2: MN communities connected to the program through public events and at special community and public school workshops. The office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy hired a professional evaluator who designed and directed pre-registration sign-in and exit surveys for participating artists and the public.
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