Arts Legacy Grant
Arts Legacy Grant
Sponsor a full week of activities focusing on Nordic arts and culture.
MaryAnn Laxen: photographer, visual artist; Elwyn Ruud: school residency coordinator; Briana Ingraham: musician, social policy manager; Janet Johnson: visual artist; Katya Zepeda: administrator, potter; Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; Charles Erickson: retired librarian, arts advocate; Therese Jacobson: visual artist, retired teacher; Emily Kuzel: arts advocate, teacher; Kate Mulvey: artist, teacher; Kelsey Brateng: photographer; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher; Scott Valdes: sculptor.
MaryAnn Laxen: photographer, visual artist; Briana Ingraham: musician, social policy manager; Janet Johnson: visual artist; Katya Zepeda: administrator, potter; Chris Lane: graphic artist, photographer; herese Jacobson: visual artist, retired teacher; Kate Mulvey: artist, teacher; Jaimie Snowdon: Indian studies teacher.
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, Mara Hanel (218) 745-9111
ACHF Cultural Heritage
As a result of this program, youth and adults will have a greater understanding of the effects of immigration on both children and adults who left family, friends and a culture behind to begin anew. Evaluation will occur through a follow-up meeting with planners, counting actual audience numbers, notes related to personal observation, and interviews with participants that asks about their development of knowledge and their emotional reaction to each
We were very pleased to have an increase in our audience numbers compared to the last two years of Norwegian Heritage Week. Through our personal observations of and follow-up conversations with our audience, we learned that they had greatly increased their knowledge of different forms of theater and the events portrayed, plus they had visceral reactions to each of the topics portrayed: 1) trolls, 2) World War II and Norway's king; 3) immigration and the effects on families.
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