Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
A Painting Journey.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy Varsek: education director, Duluth Art Institute; Kendra Carlson: writing and theater instructor, University of Minnesota Duluth; David Marty: former director of the Reif Performing Arts Center, Grand Rapids.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The short-term outcome I hope to achieve would be to have 75 different students participating in at least one painting class with at least half of those students participating in multiple sessions. An additional short-term goal would be for at least 50% of those students feeling they have created exhibit-worthy projects while experiencing new media and styles of painting. The long-range outcome will be that students will experience enough painting styles using several media to discover one or more which they feel most comfortable with and which they choose to continue on in the advanced sessions and throughout their lives. The first indication of success will be the attendance of 75 students in at least one session with half of the students attending multiple sessions. The long-term educational goal of discovering their own styles of painting and preference of media will be determined by the artwork displayed at the library. Feedback from students and parents about the growth of the students' art experience will be a secondary indicator.
The first indication of success comes from the attendance of 55 students in at least one session with more than half of the students attending multiple sessions. The students were able to discover their own style of painting throughout the sessions and were able to have artwork on display at the library. Feedback from students, parents and staff at the Recreation program was very positive.
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