Arts in the Schools
Arts in the Schools
Yellow Medicine East School District Puppet Residency.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, director, teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, Southwest Minnesota Weaver’s Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Deb Ahmann: literature, education; Mary Kay Frisvold: music; Lisa Hill: music, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Candace Joens: music, theater; Joyce Meyer: visual art, education, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board; Dana Miller: literature, education; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: visual art, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council board.
ACHF Arts Education
Goal #1: Understanding the process of creating art. As part of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) part of the goal is to show students how to go through the artistic process. It is important for students to go through the various stages of Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve, and Share. Too often the idea of creating art is looked at as magic instead of an evolution of creative thought and process. Students will be documenting the process of creating their puppets. There is a daily data sheet that will be collected for the artist and teachers to review. This will help to make sure the students are grasping the concepts, show where they are struggling and help plan for the next day. Goal #2: Completed parade puppets will be used in a performance for the middle/elementary school. In most parades in our area, they do not have an artistically designed float or characters that walk in the parade. This residency will provide an opportunity to share with the community our parade puppets. Going through this process and seeing how it can be achieved and hopefully will inspire students and others in the community to take on more artistic endeavors. Goal 1: There will be a data sheet collected from the students each day. This will give the insight into how well they understand the project and who is doing what part of the project. It will also help the artist guide the students for the following day. Goal 2: Students will perform with the puppets at school and in summer parades for the community to enjoy. At the end of the residency, the students will rate the quality of the artist residency on the evaluation form. They will be reflecting on their participation as well as the artistic residency by Christopher Lutter Gardella.
Students thought experience was fun and thought the artist was knowledgeable, gave clear instructions, taught them new skills, and helped them individually.