Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Community Arts Mentoring.
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
Prøve Gallery is requesting matching grant funds to support an ongoing monthly series of arts workshops held in collaboration with Mentor Duluth. This series invites children and youths of all ages from Mentor Duluth to spend an evening at the gallery with Prøve Collective members and local artist Carla Hamilton. Providing pizza, fruit, and veggie snacks and all artmaking materials, mentors and mentees were able to share an evening together in which they ate dinner and were led in the art of collage by artists Hamilton and Prøve Co-director, Flo Matamoros. The project is also support by the Lloyd K. Johnson foundation. Based on large and increasing turnout, we are asking for additional funds. We will monitor and record attendance at each workshop, paying attention to repeat and regular participants. We will also consult with the staff members from Mentor Duluth (contact person, Melissa Anne Thorenson), GirlPower (Porcha Shadd), and REACH Mentoring (Anne Parish) to make sure that the program is also meeting the objectives and standards of success established by our community partner. We will regularly ask for feedback from them, as well as from mentees to ensure growth and success through continued evaluation. Our evaluation results will be used to guide and plan for further programs, evaluating and establishing a program of best practices and successful activities.
Prove Gallery is requesting matching grant funds to support an ongoing monthly series of arts workshops held in collaboration with Mentor Duluth. This series invites children and youths of all ages from Mentor Duluth to spend an evening at the gallery with Prove Collective members and local artist Carla Hamilton. Providing pizza, fruit, and veggie snacks and all artmaking materials, mentors and mentees were able to share an evening together in which they ate dinner and were led in the art of collage by artists Hamilton and Prove Co-director, Flo Matamoros. The project is also support by the Lloyd K. Johnson foundation. Based on large and increasing turnout, we are asking for additional funds. Based on our evaluation of the project, we at Prove have been able to uphold our commitments to the grant and to the community the project was meant to serve. We did experience some challenges to the project that were beyond our control, described below.
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